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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;77(1):221-225.
- Vancomycin 내성 Enterococcus durans에 의한 뇌실염 1예
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문송미, 한재준, 유태경, 진상욱, 손준성, 이미숙, 이희주
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- A case of ventriculitis caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus durans
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Song Mi Moon, Jae Joon Han, Tae Kyung Yu, Sang Ouk Chin, Jun Seong Son, Mi Suk Lee, Hee-Joo Lee
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- 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.
Keywords :Enterococcus durans, Vancomycin resistance, Ventriculitis
