Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningitis successfully managed with linezolid: case report and review of the literature

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Aug 15;33(4):477-82. doi: 10.1086/321896. Epub 2001 Jul 11.

Abstract

Enterococci cause serious illness in immunocompromised patients and severely ill, hospitalized patients. Resistance to vancomycin has increased in frequency during the past few years. Limited therapeutic options are available for vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections and the optimum therapy has not been established. We report a case of nosocomial vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningitis in the setting of hyperinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis that was successfully treated with linezolid. We also review the previously reported cases of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium meningitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / therapeutic use*
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Linezolid
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use*
  • Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Linezolid