Pt underwent urological procedure with 7.5 fr flex x2 ureteroscope on (b)(6) and was discharged home in stable condition.Returns to ed on (b)(6) 2016 with fever, and is transferred to icu in septic shock.Pt grows e.Faecalis from urine culture.Second pt undergoes similar urological procedure on (b)(6) 2016 with the same scope and becomes ill shortly after requiring transferred icu.Blood cultures grow e.Faecalis.Scope is pulled from service and sampled, culture results are negative with no growth.No known colonization of e.Faecalis in either pt.
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