Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
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 14t...
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| author | Paulo Sérgio Lucas da Silva Henrique Monteiro Neto Lílian Márcia Sejas |
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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-fd37de9285d2405e8fc0e3859039131e2022-12-22T03:04:45ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439111229729910.1590/S1413-86702007000200027S1413-86702007000200027Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a childPaulo Sérgio Lucas da Silva0Henrique Monteiro Neto1Lílian Márcia Sejas2Universidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloEnterococci 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000200027&lng=en&tlng=enVancomycinresistancetreatment |
| spellingShingle | Paulo Sérgio Lucas da Silva Henrique Monteiro Neto Lílian Márcia Sejas Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Vancomycin resistance treatment |
| title | 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_short | Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child |
| title_sort | successful treatment of vancomycin resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child |
| topic | Vancomycin resistance treatment |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000200027&lng=en&tlng=en |
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