Enterococcus faecium

Precautions

See 'Additional Information'
See 'Additional Information'

General Information

First Line Treatment

Daptomycin or Linezolid

Pathogen information

Gram positive cocci in chains

Epidemiology

Nosocomial (esp. VRE), associated with prior antibiotics

Associated syndromes

  • Colonization

  • Bacteremia

  •  Endocarditis (usually subacute)

  •  Intra-abdominal or hepatobiliary infection

  •  UTI

More likely to cause true infection in immunocompromised individuals or after selection pressure from antimicrobial administration has eliminated other organisms.

Additional Information

Most E. faecium will be VRE.

VRE requires contact precautions.