title: [Integrative therapy for postoperative intractable enterococcus faecium infections].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the treatment of patients with infection of enterococcus faecium after surgery who failed to respond to antibiotics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five patients after surgery were proved to have Enterococcus faecium infection by bacterial culture. They were treated by sensitive antibiotics but failed. Comprehensive treatment prescribed included immunoenhancements, enteral nutrition, and traditional Chinese medicines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four patients were discharged from the hospital after recovery, and was cared else where after 1 month treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Comprehensive treatment is a better way to treat patients with refractory enterococcus faecium infection after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Cheng-hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: He-qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Yu-lian
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ying-bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shun-liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016984:Enterococcus faecium; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*