Digestive Decolonization of Colorectal Carriage of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Japanese Adult

Shunsuke Uno; Yaoko Takano; Osamu Iketani; Tomohiro Abiko; Tomoru Miwa; Kosaku Nanki; Tomohiro Kurihara; Yuko Tamura; Miyuki Ara; Yoshifumi Uwamino; Masayoshi Shinjoh; Takehiko Mori; Naoki Hasegawa

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.6088-20

Digestive Decolonization of Colorectal Carriage of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Japanese Adult

Shunsuke Uno, Yaoko Takano, Osamu Iketani, Tomohiro Abiko, Tomoru Miwa, Kosaku Nanki, Tomohiro Kurihara, Yuko Tamura, Miyuki Ara, Yoshifumi Uwamino, Masayoshi Shinjoh, Takehiko Mori, Naoki Hasegawa

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Patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization should be managed in an isolation room with contact precautions. We herein report a patient whose colorectal carriage of VRE was successfully decolonized using concomitant bowel irrigation with polyethylene glycol, probiotics, and oral antimicrobials, linezolid and orally-administered daptomycin, for release from isolation and contact precautions. We therefore would like to suggest a potential strategy for managing patients with VRE colonization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	249-252
Number of pages	4
Journal	Internal Medicine
Volume	61
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6088-20
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Decolonization
Isolation precautions
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

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Internal Medicine

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