Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child

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dc.contributor.authorSilva, Paulo Sérgio Lucas da [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro Neto, Henrique [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorSejas, Lílian Márcia [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-14T13:36:52Z
dc.date.available2015-06-14T13:36:52Z
dc.date.issued2007-04-01
dc.description.abstractEnterococci are an uncommon cause of CNS infection. A 20 month-old boy, diagnosed with hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunt and history of lengthy hospitalization and use of wide spectrum antibiotics, was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit diagnosed with ventriculitis. On the 14th day of empirical antibiotic therapy (vancomycin and meropenem) the child presented fever while the CSF sample culture evidenced vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. The patient received intravenous linezolid achieving cerebrospinal fluid sterilization. Conclusion: Intravenous linezolid appears to be a safe and effective therapy for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection.en
dc.description.affiliationFederal University of São Paulo State Hospital of Diadema Department of Pediatrics
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUNIFESP, State Hospital of Diadema Department of Pediatrics
dc.description.sourceSciELO
dc.format.extent297-299
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-86702007000200027
dc.identifier.citationBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, v. 11, n. 2, p. 297-299, 2007.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S1413-86702007000200027
dc.identifier.fileS1413-86702007000200027.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1413-8670
dc.identifier.scieloS1413-86702007000200027
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/3670
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000254388400027
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBrazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
dc.relation.ispartofBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectVancomycinen
dc.subjectresistanceen
dc.subjecttreatmenten
dc.titleSuccessful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a childen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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