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

Constantine Tsigrelis; Kavindra V. Singh; Thais D. Coutinho; Barbara E. Murray; Larry M. Baddour

doi:10.1128/JCM.02188-06

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

Constantine Tsigrelis, Kavindra V. Singh, Thais D. Coutinho, Barbara E. Murray, Larry M. Baddour

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Infective endocarditis due to vancomycin-resistant (VR) Enterococcus faecalis has only rarely been reported. We report a case of VR E. faecalis endocarditis that failed to respond to linezolid therapy, outline the virulence traits of the isolate, and review previously published cases of VR E. faecalis endocarditis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	631-635
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	45
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02188-06
State	Published - Feb 2007

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