A Case of Septicemia by Transient Glycopeptide: Dependent Enterococcus faecium.
- Author:
Soo Young KIM
1
;
Seok Jin KANG
;
Seung Ok LEE
;
Wee Gyo LEE
;
Yeon Joon PARK
;
Byung Kee KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology , College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. yjpk@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Glycopeptide-dependent;
Enterococcus faecium;
vanA
- MeSH:
Agar;
Enterococcus faecium*;
Enterococcus*;
Female;
Genotype;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
Sepsis*;
Vancomycin
- From:Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
2002;34(1):69-72
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
