Intrathecal daptomycin use in a challenging case of

Enterococcus faecium VRE daptomycin external ventricular drain intrathecal ventriculitis

Journal

Access microbiology
ISSN: 2516-8290
Titre abrégé: Access Microbiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101746927

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 02 03 2021
accepted: 11 04 2021
entrez: 11 7 2022
pubmed: 12 7 2022
medline: 12 7 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Treatment of ventriculitis caused by enterococci can be challenging, and antibiotic options are limited. We describe a case of device-related ventriculitis caused by vancomycin-resistant

Identifiants

pubmed: 35812713
doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000230
pii: 000230
pmc: PMC9260094
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

000230

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

M. A. is an employee of MSD UK. We have no other conflicts of interests to declare relating to this case report.

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Auteurs

Ankush Dhariwal (A)

Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BB, UK.

Rachel Leff (R)

Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BB, UK.

Mike Allen (M)

Merck Sharp & Dohme (UK) Limited, 120 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6UR, UK.

Benny Cherian (B)

Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BB, UK.

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