Linezolid- and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis: successful treatment with tigecycline and daptomycin

J Hosp Med. 2007 Sep;2(5):343-4. doi: 10.1002/jhm.236.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Daptomycin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Linezolid
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Minocycline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Minocycline / therapeutic use
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use
  • Tigecycline
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Vancomycin
  • Tigecycline
  • Minocycline
  • Linezolid
  • Daptomycin