Successful treatment of meningoencephalitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with intravenous linezolid in an allogeneic cord blood stem cell transplant recipient.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an infectious pathogen that commonly occurs after stem cell transplantation. We report a case of meningoencephalitis with multiple abscess formation caused by MRSA, which occurred in a 62-y-old female soon after allogeneic cord blood transplantation, and which was successfully treated by the administration of intravenous linezolid.
Higa
Tomitaka
T
Division of Hematology and Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
Tasaka
Taizo
T
Kubo
Yasutaka
Y
Nakagiri
Itsuhiro
I
Sano
Fuminori
F
Matsuhashi
Yoshiko
Y
Fukai
Yuta
Y
Wada
Hideho
H
Tohyama
Kaoru
K
Sugihara
Takashi
T
D000081:Acetamides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D036101:Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D000069349:Linezolid; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*
D000081:Acetamides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D000069349:Linezolid