Treatment with linezolid in a neonate with meningitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1419-1421

  Watanabe, Shinichi ^a   Tanaka, Akihiro ^a   Ono, Tomoko ^a   Ohta, Masaaki ^a   Miyamoto, Hitoshi ^a   Tauchi, Hisamichi ^a   Tanaka, Mamoru ^a   Suemaru, Katsuya ^b   Araki, Hiroaki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHUJITSU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Linezolid; Meningitis; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE); Neonate; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS INFECTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OXAZOLIDINONES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885308514     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-1978-7     Document Type: Article

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