Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in leukemia patients: Rare cases with review of literature
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Intrathecal/Intraventricular Linezolid in Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Ventriculitis
Background The use of intrathecal antibiotic therapy for the treatment of ventriculitis and/or meningitis has demonstrated efficacy especially when sterilization of the cerebrospinal fluid is not possible with intravenous antibiotics alone. Case Description We describe the successful treatment of Enterococcus faecalis ventriculitis utilizing intrathecal linezolid in a 32-year-old female patient...
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Lara M. de Almeida, Maria Rita E. de Araújo, Marta F. Iwasaki, Andrey G. Sacramento, Darlan Rocha, Leila P. da Silva, Mónica Pavez, Artemir C. de Brito, Laís Carolina S. Ito, Ana C. Gales, Nilton Lincopan, Jorge L. M. Sampaio, Elsa M. Mamizuka Department of Clinical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Beneficênc...
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OBJECTIVES Outbreaks caused by linezolid-resistant (LR) enterococci remain rare. We report the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of the multiclonal dissemination of LR enterococci in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Greek hospital. METHODS All LR enterococcal isolates recovered from patients hospitalized in the ICU of the University Hospital of Larissa, Greece, between January 2...
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Enterococci cause serious illness in immunocompromised patients and severely ill, hospitalized patients. Resistance to vancomycin has increased in frequency during the past few years. Limited therapeutic options are available for vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections and the optimum therapy has not been established. We report a case of nosocomial vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium...
متن کاملYancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis
Nosocomial infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) has become a great deal of recent concern. Although a number of cephalosporins had been synthesized in the past, few of them was effective against these resistant bacteria. Recently, TOC-39and TOC-50^3) bearing vinyl-thio linkage attached by substituted pyridines at C-3 we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2249-4863
DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_441_18