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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Sepsis Following Persistent Colonization

1995; American Medical Association; Volume: 155; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archinte.1995.00430130139015

1538-3679

Gary A. Noskin,

Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci have emerged as important nosocomial pathogens and represent a serious threat to patients with impaired host defenses. We describe a patient with leukemia who developed prolonged colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and ultimately died of sepsis due to this multidrug-resistant organism. This case report confirms that colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci may last indefinitely and that asymptomatic carriage can lead to invasive infection.