Case Report Successful treatment of enterococcus faecium sepsis and meningitis by intravenous and intrathecal vancomycin in children with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome undergoing cord blood transplantation: a case report
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Infectious disease is common in stem cell transplant recipients, especially in the patients of primary immunodeficiency disease (PID). However, there’s little report about sepsis and meningitis caused by enterococcus faecium (EF). Meningitis and sepsis caused by EF is uncommon in stem cell transplant recipients. We report a case of EF meningitis and sepsis which occurred in a 2-year-old boy with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) and received cord blood cell transplantation (CBT). After our therapy, he got a good result and completely remission by combination therapy of intravenous and intrathecal vancomycin. We believe it is the first case of EF infection in WAS patient following CBT.
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