Urinary Tract Infection with Enterococcus faecalis

Letters1 February 1995Urinary Tract Infection with Enterococcus faecalisGeorge A. Jacoby, MDGeorge A. Jacoby, MDLahey Clinic, Burlington, MA 01805. Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19146. Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA 19146.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-122-3-199502010-00023 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Fraimow and colleagues [1] report the first instance of a vancomycin-dependent organism but not the first example of a clinical isolate that required an antimicrobial agent for growth. In 1955, Finland [2] reviewed reports of clinical isolates, including tubercle bacilli, that needed streptomycin for growth. In one report, the condition of a patient with a streptomycin-dependent strain detected in the urine worsened when therapy with streptomycin was resumed after being discontinued for several days. In the laboratory, bacteria dependent on chloramphenicol [2], erythromycin [3], penicillin [2], rifampin [4], and spectinomycin [5] have been obtained. The discovery of ...References1. Fraimow HS, Jungkind DL, Lander DW, Delso DR, Dean JL. Urinary tract infection with an Enterococcus faecalis isolate that requires vancomycin for growth. Ann Intern Med. 1994; 121:22-6. Google Scholar2. Finland M. Emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. N Engl J Med. 1955; 253:1019-28. Google Scholar3. Sparling PF, Blackman E. Mutation to erythromycin dependence in Escherichia coli K-12. J Bacteriol. 1973; 116:74-83. Google Scholar4. Dabbs ER. New tool for studying interactions of components of ribonucleic acid polymerase: rifampin-dependent mutants. J Bacteriol. 1979; 139:1072-4. Google Scholar5. Dabbs ER. A spectinomycin dependent mutant of Escherichia coli. Mol Gen Genet. 1977; 151:261-7. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: George A. Jacoby, MDAffiliations: Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA 01805. Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19146. Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA 19146. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 February 1995Volume 122, Issue 3Page: 238KeywordsAntimicrobialsBacteriaChloramphenicolEnterococcus faecalisErythromycinPenicillinResearch laboratoriesStreptomycinUrine ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 1 February 1995 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1995 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...