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Enterococcal meningitis caused by Enterococcus casseliflavus. First case report

2005

Abstract Background Enterococcal meningitis is an uncommon disease usually caused by Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium and is associated with a high mortality rate. Enterococcus casseliflavus has been implicated in a wide variety of infections in humans, but never in meningitis. Case presentation A 77-year-old Italian female presented for evaluation of fever, stupor, diarrhea and vomiting of 3 days duration. There was no history of head injury nor of previous surgical procedures. She had been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for 30 years, for which she was being treated with steroids and methotrexate. On admission, she was febrile, alert but not oriented to time and place. H…

BACTEREMIACase ReportMicrobial Sensitivity TestsVANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; CLINICAL-FEATURES; BACTEREMIA; GALLINARUM; MOTILE ENTEROCOCCUS; OUTCOMESMeropenemEnterococcus faecalisVANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCIlcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseaseslaw.inventionMicrobiologyMeningitis BacteriallawAmpicillinmedicineEnterococcus casseliflavusHumanslcsh:RC109-216Gram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsAgedCerebrospinal FluidOUTCOMESSigmoid Diseasesbiologybusiness.industryCLINICAL-FEATURESMeropenembiochemical phenomena metabolism and nutritionbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseAnti-Bacterial AgentsMOTILE ENTEROCOCCUSInfectious DiseasesGram stainingEnterococcusSulbactamGALLINARUMAmpicillinFemaleThienamycinsbusinessMeningitisEnterococcusmedicine.drugEnterococcus faeciumBMC Infectious Diseases
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What happens in hospitals does not stay in hospitals: antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital wastewater systems.

2016

Hospitals are hotspots for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) and play a major role in both their emergence and spread. Large numbers of these ARB will be ejected from hospitals via wastewater systems. In this review, we present quantitative and qualitative data of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli, vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in hospital wastewaters compared to community wastewaters. We also discuss the fate of these ARB in wastewater treatment plants and in the downstream environment. Published studies have shown that hospital effluents contain ARB, the burden of these bacteria being dependent on their local prevalence. The…

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VanB-VanC1 Enterococcus gallinarum, Italy

2005

To the Editor: We report detecting a vanB determinant in Enterococcus gallinarum in poultry in Italy. High-level vanA-mediated glycopeptide resistance has been described for E. gallinarum and E. casseliflavus (1–4), and vanB-mediated vancomycin resistance has been frequently described for E. faecalis and E. faecium. However, vanB-mediated resistance in isolates of E. gallinarum has been described only in sporadic nosocomial cases of infection or colonization (5,6). In January 2005, a study of contamination by foodborne organisms in slaughtered broiler carcasses was conducted in Sicily. To detect glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE), each carcass was placed in a bag with 100 mL sterile b…

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