Increasing Linezolid-resistant Enterococcusin a Children’s Hospital

Autor: Bagga, Bindiya, Buckingham, Steve, Arnold, Sandra, Nesbitt, Amanda, Guimera, Don, Lee, Kelley
Zdroj: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; March 2018, Vol. 37 Issue: 3 p242-244, 3p
Abstrakt: We report a reduction in susceptibility to linezolid among Enterococcusisolates (98% in 2007 vs. 46% in 2014) in parallel with a 5-fold increase in linezolid use. A direct association could not be established as the majority of patients with linezolid nonsusceptible isolates did not have prior linezolid exposure. Nosocomial transmission of the nonsusceptible isolates could certainly have contributed.
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