Treatment of Staphylococcus epidermidis ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection with linezolid

J Infect. 2002 Aug;45(2):129-32. doi: 10.1053/jinf.2002.0979.

Abstract

Gram-positive bacterial meningitis frequently complicates ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunts used for hydrocephalus. Linezolid, an oxazolidinone, is active against Gram-positive cocci, and has excellent CSF penetration. We present a 22-year-old woman who was cured of a Staphylococcus epidermidis VP shunt infection via shunt removal and intravenous linezolid.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / therapeutic use*
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Device Removal
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Linezolid
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / therapy
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / therapy
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis*
  • Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Linezolid