Breakthrough bacteremia by linezolid-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis under linezolid treatment in a severe polytrauma patient.

Fabio Arena, Tommaso Giani, Angelo Galano, Marcello Pasculli, Valeria Peccianti, Maria Iris Cassetta, Andrea Novelli, Gian Maria Rossolini Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Siena University Hospital, Siena, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Critical Care and Specialistic Medicines, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy