Successful Treatment of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Endocarditis with Oral Linezolid
Author(s) -
Hilary M. Babcock,
David J. Ritchie,
E Christiansen,
Richard Starlin,
R. Little,
Samuel L. Stanley
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/319986
Subject(s) - linezolid , medicine , enterococcus faecium , dalfopristin , quinupristin , vancomycin , endocarditis , enterococcus , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , biology , bacteria , genetics
We report a case of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis that failed to respond to sequential monotherapy with chloramphenicol and quinupristin/dalfopristin but was successfully treated with oral linezolid.
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