Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus endocarditis with oral linezolid.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Acetamides
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Enterococcus faecium
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
- Oxazolidinones
- Vancomycin Resistance