Fatal vancomycin and linezolid resistant Enterococcus faecium sepsis in a child undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for beta thalassemia major

Recently vancomycin-resistant and sporadically linezolid-resistant Enterococcus species have been described in adults. We report what we believe to be the first case of a child with prolonged bone marrow aplasia following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation developing a fatal sepsis caused by Enterococcus faecium resistant to glycopeptides and linezolid.