title: A case of intractable methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis after an operation for tetralogy of Fallot that was successfully resolved by combined treatment with vancomycin and urokinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan. masuya@kms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuya
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014640:Vancomycin; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator