Successful treatment with linezolid and rifampicin of meningitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis refractory to vancomycin treatment.
Kruse
A-J
AJ
Department of Neurosurgery, VU University Medical Center, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Peerdeman
S M
SM
Bet
P M
PM
Debets-Ossenkopp
Y J
YJ
D000081:Acetamides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000069349:Linezolid; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000187:drug effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000081:Acetamides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D014640:Vancomycin; D000069349:Linezolid; D012293:Rifampin