Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia with linezolid after failure of treatment with synercid (quinupristin/dalfopristin)

MeSH terms

• Acetamides / administration & dosage*
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
• Bacteremia / diagnosis
• Bacteremia / drug therapy*
• Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
• Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
• Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
• Follow-Up Studies
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
• Humans
• Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis
• Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy
• Linezolid
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Oxazoles / administration & dosage*
• Oxazolidinones*
• Postoperative Complications
• Treatment Failure
• Treatment Outcome
• Vancomycin Resistance*
• Virginiamycin / therapeutic use