Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal peritonitis with linezolid in a kidney transplant patient: a case report and review of the literature

Perit Dial Int. 2004 Jan-Feb;24(1):70-2.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / therapeutic use*
  • Aged
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Enterococcus faecium*
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Linezolid
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use*
  • Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / adverse effects*
  • Peritonitis / drug therapy*
  • Peritonitis / etiology
  • Peritonitis / microbiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
  • Remission Induction
  • Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Linezolid