摘要：An increasing number of clinical isolates of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have beenreported in the literature since 1988. Only a few cases of β-lactamase producing VRE have beendescribed worldwide. This article reports the first case of β-lactamase positive VRE in Australia.This strain of Enterococcus faecalis was isolated from a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphomawho subsequently underwent a bone marrow transplant. Screening of all ward contacts did notdetect any further case of β-lactamase producing VRE. With the development of multipleantibiotic resistance in enterococci, additional infection surveillance protocols have beenimplemented in the hospital. These include routine screening of 'at risk' patients, instigatingrelevant infection control measures for management of VRE positive patients and controlling theusage of vancomycin in order to limit the development of resistant isolates
