A case of community-onset meningitis caused by hospital methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus successfully treated with linezolid and rifampicin

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-239

  Al Kandari, M ^a   Jamal, W ^a   Udo, E E ^a   El Sayed, A ^a   Al Shammri, S ^a   Rotimi, V O ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Linezolid; Meningitis; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GLUCOSE; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACETAMIDES; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OXAZOLIDINONES; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 77950543435     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000285301     Document Type: Article

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