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Colonisation of the tip of a thoracic catheter by Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and linezolid

¹ Dip. di Medicina di Laboratorio, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti" di Trieste;

² S.C. Malattie Infettive, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti" di Trieste;

³ Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Trieste

⁴ E-mail: franca.cian{at}aots.sanita.fvg.it

Received December 9, 2008
Accepted April 9, 2009

We report the isolation of Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and linezolid from the tip of a thoracic drainage catheter in an elderly patient. He was treated with vancomycin for a pleural empyema due to a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and he did never receive linezolid. A surveillance rectal swab yielded both linezolid-susceptible and resistant strains and the two isolates were not genotypically related. Careful monitoring for linezolid-resistance is critical to avoid potential therapy failure and transmission of this organism.