Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child

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Autor(a) principal: Silva,Paulo Sérgio Lucas da
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Monteiro Neto,Henrique, Sejas,Lílian Márcia
Tipo de documento: Relatório
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000200027
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.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
title Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
spellingShingle Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
Silva,Paulo Sérgio Lucas da
Vancomycin
resistance
treatment
title_short Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
title_full Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
title_fullStr Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
title_full_unstemmed Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
title_sort Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
author Silva,Paulo Sérgio Lucas da
author_facet Silva,Paulo Sérgio Lucas da
Monteiro Neto,Henrique
Sejas,Lílian Márcia
author_role author
author2 Monteiro Neto,Henrique
Sejas,Lílian Márcia
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva,Paulo Sérgio Lucas da
Monteiro Neto,Henrique
Sejas,Lílian Márcia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Vancomycin
resistance
treatment
topic Vancomycin
resistance
treatment
description 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.
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