High rate of linezolid intermediate susceptibility and resistance among enteric vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) recovered from hospitalized patients actively screened for VRE colonization

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Jul;40(7):821-822. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.116. Epub 2019 May 15.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cross Infection / drug therapy*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Daptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Linezolid / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / drug effects*
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Linezolid
  • Daptomycin