Emergence of mutation-based linezolid-resistant invasive Enterococcus faecalis in a haemodialysis patient in Norway

APMIS. 2014 Jan;122(1):83-4. doi: 10.1111/apm.12100. Epub 2013 May 8.

Authors

Carina M Thilesen¹, Ola Bjørang, Thomas Skrede, Tommy Aronsen, Bettina Aasnaes, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Kristin Hegstad

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway. carthi@vestreviken.no.

PMID: 23656533
DOI: 10.1111/apm.12100

No abstract available

Keywords: Enterococcus; Norway; haemodialysis patient; linezolid resistance.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acetamides / pharmacology*
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
Enterococcus faecalis / genetics*
Enterococcus faecalis / pathogenicity
Genes, Bacterial
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Linezolid
Male
Mutation
Norway
Oxazolidinones / pharmacology*
Renal Dialysis / adverse effects*

Substances

Acetamides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Oxazolidinones
Linezolid