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Isolation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in haematologic patients

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After the occurrence of septicaemia with a vancomycin-resistantEnterococcus faecalis strain in a patient, it was decided to determine the number of carriers of vancomycin-resistant cocci among haematologic patients. During a period of six months 135 stool samples from 25 children, and 400 samples from 70 adults were studied. All samples from the children were negative for vancomycin-resistant cocci. Nine of the adult patients had cultures positive for cocci, all identified as enterococci, which were highly resistant to vancomycin (MIC>250µg/ml), sensitive to amoxicillin, moderately resistant to gentamicin, slightly resistant to teicoplanin, and sensitive to daptomycin. None of these patients had been given vancomycin prior to the isolation of the vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    H. F. L. Guiot & W. E. Peetermans

  2. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    F. W. Sebens

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Guiot, H.F.L., Peetermans, W.E. & Sebens, F.W. Isolation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in haematologic patients. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 10, 32–34 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967094

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