Korean J Infect Dis.
2002 Feb;34(1):69-72.
A Case of Septicemia by Transient Glycopeptide: Dependent Enterococcus faecium
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- 1Department of Clinical Pathology , College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. yjpk@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
- 2Department of Clinical Pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Abstract
- The isolation of clinical strains of enterococci requiring vancomycin for growth has been reported, but transient strain has not been reported. Transient glycopeptide-dependent Enterococcus f aecium was isolated from the blood of a 59-year-old female with advanced rectal carcinoma during long term broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy. This strain showed transient glycopeptide dependency, but glycopeptide-resistant revertants were found on subculture to blood agar without vancomycin. It was found to be the vanA genotype by the polymerase chain reaction analysis.
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