Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium pneumonia in a uremic patient on hemodialysis: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Even though enterococci can cause serious infections in multiple sites, they are a rare cause of pneumonia. We reported a uremic patient with vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VRE-fm) pneumonia, possibly related to epileptic seizures. CASE PRESENTATION: A 57-year old man with uremia on he...

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Autores principales: Li, Fengqin, Wang, Yonglan, Sun, Linlin, Wang, Xiaoxia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32087689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4892-4

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