Failure of linezolid therapy for post-neurosurgical meningitis due to Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 622-623

  Webster, Daniel P ^a   Griffiths, Stewart ^a   Bowler, Ian C J W ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antimicrobial delivery; Bacterial meningitis; Biomedical device related infections; Enterococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXAZOLIDINONES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 60649096693     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn519     Document Type: Letter

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