A case report of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis colonization of a femoral wound in central europe

• Authors: Zsuzsanna Dombrádi , Ferenc Bodnár , Piroska Orosi , Viktor Dombrádi , Judit Szabó
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Wound infection and colonization following cardiac surgery is well known but rarely caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). A case of femoral wound colonization by vanA carrying Enterococcus faecalis in a patient following mitral prolapse surgery is described in this report.

Keywords

EN

Femoral wound; Colonization; VRE; Cardiac surgery

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 259-261

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2009

online

27 - 3 - 2009

Contributors

author

Zsuzsanna Dombrádi

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical and Health Centre, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

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Ferenc Bodnár

• Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical and Health Centre, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

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Piroska Orosi

• Clinical Hygiene Ward, Medical and Health Centre, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

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Viktor Dombrádi

• Cell Biology and Signaling Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Medical Chemistry, Research Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

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Judit Szabó

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical and Health Centre, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-009-0008-7