Korean J Med.
2009 Aug;77(Suppl 1):S221-S225.
A case of ventriculitis caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus durans
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mslee@khmc.or.kr
- 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Infections associated with Enterococcus durans have been rare in humans until now. E. durans is a frequent component of the intestinal flora of several domestic animal species and may cause septicemia and encephalomalacia in chicks. We report a case of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by vancomycin-resistant E. durans in a 17-year-old woman with Dandy-walker syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first human case of ventriculitis caused by vancomycin-resistant E. durans.
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