Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolated from a cord blood transplant recipient.

ABSTRACT: We report a linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis infection in a cord blood stem cell transplant recipient previously treated with linezolid for bloodstream infections by vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Sequencing showed a G2576U mutation in the 23S rRNA gene. Because of the important niche of linezolid in cancer treatment, linezolid-resistant E. faecalis is noteworthy.

SUBMITTER: Dibo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC387622 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature