Successful treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis using linezolid without removal of intrathecal infusion pump: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 651-653

  Kallweit, Ulf ^a,b,d   Harzheim, Michael ^b   Marklein, Günter ^c   Welt, Tobias ^a   Pöhlau, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kamillus Klinik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intrathecal infusion pump; Linezolid; Meningitis; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONOTHERAPY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548830814     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/09/0651     Document Type: Article

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