Successful treatment with linezolid and rifampicin of meningitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis refractory to vancomycin treatment

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-137

  Kruse, A J ^a,b   Peerdeman, S M ^a   Bet, P M ^a   Debets Ossenkopp, Y J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 33644681711     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0097-z     Document Type: Article

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