title: Successful treatment of pediatric endocarditis and pericarditis due to MRSA with linezolid.
abstract: The linezolid treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection was sporadically reported in children. Here we describe a case of a 6 month-old patient underwent mediastinal drainage and artificial conduit removement caused by MRSA infection. After that, linezolid treatment was started and bacteremia was resolved after 14 days of treatment. At discharge, he was no febrile, his blood culture were sterile. We report a case of a patient with MRSA endocarditis treatment with linezolid.
authors: The Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Miyamoto
authors: Takahiro
authors: T
authors: Tomoyasu
authors: Kagami
authors: K
authors: Miyaji
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D000069349:Linezolid; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D000069349:Linezolid