[Vancomycin resistant enterococci in etiology of neutropenic enterocolitis: prophylaxis, clinical signs and treatment].
Neutropenic enterocolitis is a severe complication of high dose chemotherapy in patients with hematologic tumors. Forty two cases of neutropenia due to intensive chemotherapy were analysed. In 6 patients severe enterocolitis with atony and hemorrhage and isolation of vancomycin resistant enterococci from the stool specimens was recorded.
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D000081:Acetamides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D000069349:Linezolid; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000473:pathology*; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000081:Acetamides; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D014640:Vancomycin; D000069349:Linezolid