Hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant enterococci: now appearing in Kuala Lumpur Hospital
Zubaidah, A.W.; Ariza, A.; Azmi, S.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 61(4): 487-489
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 17243529 Document Number: 602000
Hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were first reported in the late 1980s and have since been an increasing problem worldwide. Kuala Lumpur Hospital thus far, to the best of our knowledge has been spared from this pathogen. We describe the first confirmed case of Enterococcus faecium exhibiting the van A phenotype in our hospital, in a patient with chronic renal failure who was successfully treated with linezolid. The microbiology laboratory plays an important role in the identification and detection of VRE.