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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
Autores: | Silva,Paulo Sérgio Lucas da; Monteiro Neto,Henrique; Sejas,Lílian Márcia.
Data: | 2007-04-01
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Vancomycin; Resistance; Treatment.
Resumo: | Enterococci are an uncommon cause of CNS infection. A 20 month-old boy, diagnosed with hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunt and history of lengthy hospitalization and use of wide spectrum antibiotics, was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit diagnosed with ventriculitis. On the 14th day of empirical antibiotic therapy (vancomycin and meropenem) the child presented fever while the CSF sample culture evidenced vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. The patient received intravenous linezolid achieving cerebrospinal fluid sterilization. Conclusion: Intravenous linezolid appears to be a safe and effective therapy for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000200027
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702007000200027
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.11 n.2 2007
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess