RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Cian, Franca A1 Luzzati, Roberto A1 Deiana, Maria Luisa A1 Ferrantelli, Nicoletta A1 Tonin, Enrico A1 Lagatolla, Cristina A1 Dolzani, LucillaYR 2009 T1 Colonization of the tip of a thoracic catheter by Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and linezolid JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 58 IS 8 SP 1118 OP 1121 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.008334-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB We report the isolation of Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and linezolid from the tip of a thoracic drainage catheter in an elderly patient. He was treated with vancomycin for a pleural empyema due to a meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but never received linezolid. A surveillance rectal swab yielded both linezolid-susceptible and -resistant strains, and the two isolates were not genotypically related. Careful monitoring for linezolid-resistance is critical to avoid potential therapy failure and transmission of resistant E. faecalis., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.008334-0