Emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium after use of inhaled vancomycin in a cystic fibrosis patient chronically infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium after use of inhaled vancomycin in a cystic fibrosis patient chronically infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

The authors describe a case of emergence of multi-resistant pathogens in a cystic fibrosis patient treated with inhaled vancomycin: A ten-year-old female patient, chronically infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, presenting worsening of lung disease. She was placed on inhaled va...

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Main Authors: Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira da Silva Filho, Fabiola Villac Adde, Giuliana de Freitas Fongaro, Luciana Correia de Menezes, Alfio Rossi Junior, Joaquim Carlos Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2008-09-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
Subjects:
Cystic fibrosis
Staphylococcus aureus
Enterococcus faecium
Methicillin
Methicillin resistance
Vancomycin
Vancomycin resistance
Case reports
Online Access:http://apps.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/688-Einsteinv6n3p356-8.pdf

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