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Treatment of central nervous system infection by vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium
Termkiat Kanchanapoom1, Janak Koirala, James Goodrich
1Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|March 29, 2003
Abstract:
Enterococci are uncommon causes of CNS infection. We describe a case of ventriculitis and Ommaya reservoir infection due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium successfully treated with the combination of i.v. quinupristin/dalfopristin and i.v. linezolid. The patient deteriorated after receiving three dosages of intraventricular quinupristin/dalfopristin. He recovered after discontinuation of intraventricular quinupristin/dalfopristin.