Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis: Linezolid failure and strain characterization of virulence factors

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 631-635

  Tsigrelis, Constantine ^a   Singh, Kavindra V ^b   Coutinho, Thais D ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^b   Baddour, Larry M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OXAZOLIDINONES; TREATMENT FAILURE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 33847039116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02188-06     Document Type: Article

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