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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 672-673; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47773-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

First report of vaginal infection caused by Enterococcus raffinosus

Vincenzo Savini1, Assunta Manna1, Francesco D'Antonio2, Marzia Talia1, Chiara Catavitello1, Andrea Balbinot1, Fabio Febbo1, Daniela Carlino3, Francesca Fioritoni3, Giovanni Di Bonaventura4 and Domenico D'Antonio1

1 Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia Clinica, Dipartimento di Medicina Trasfusionale, Ospedale Civile Spirito Santo, Pescara, Italy

2 Dipartimento di Ginecologia, Ospedale Clinicizzato Sant'Annunziata, Chieti, Italy

3 Dipartimento di Ematologia, Ospedale Civile Spirito Santo, Pescara, Italy

4 Laboratorio di Microbiologia Clinica, Centro Studi Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), Università degli Studi Gabriele D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy

Correspondence
Vincenzo Savini
vincsavi{at}yahoo.it

Received 19 November 2007
Accepted 14 January 2008

The authors have reported the first case of vaginal infection caused by Enterococcus raffinosus. The latter is a rarely identified species, but some of the infections described in the literature should direct some attention to this, often opportunistic pathogen, and its emerging multidrug resistance.






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