Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus endocarditis with oral linezolid

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 May 1;32(9):1373-5. doi: 10.1086/319986. Epub 2001 Apr 9.

Abstract

We report a case of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis that failed to respond to sequential monotherapy with chloramphenicol and quinupristin/dalfopristin but was successfully treated with oral linezolid.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / administration & dosage
  • Acetamides / therapeutic use*
  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / physiopathology
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Linezolid
  • Oxazolidinones / administration & dosage
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Linezolid