@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.027169-0, author = "Kumar, Anil and Augustine, Deepthi and Sudhindran, S. and Kurian, Anu M. and Dinesh, Kavitha R. and Karim, Shamsul and Philip, Rosamma", title = "Weissella confusa: a rare cause of vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive bacteraemia", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2011", volume = "60", number = "10", pages = "1539-1541", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.027169-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.027169-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "We describe a case of bacteraemia caused by Weissella confusa in a 48-year-old male who was operated on for adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction and maintained on total parenteral nutrition. Blood cultures were positive for a vancomycin-resistant streptococcus-like organism which was identified as W. confusa by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.", }