Irfan Seema, Qamar Salima
Microbiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, PAK.
Cureus. 2019 Sep 12;11(9):e5631. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5631.
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are one of the most common nosocomial infections. Linezolid has been used to treat such infections extensively. Over time there have been reports where linezolid resistance in enterococci has been documented. This is the first report from Pakistan where linezolid- and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample from infected ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt.
耐万古霉素肠球菌(VRE)是最常见的医院感染之一。利奈唑胺已被广泛用于治疗此类感染。随着时间的推移,已有报道记录了肠球菌对利奈唑胺耐药的情况。这是巴基斯坦的首例报告,从感染的脑室腹腔(VP)分流术的脑脊液(CSF)样本中分离出耐利奈唑胺和耐万古霉素的粪肠球菌。