Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium shunt infection in an infant: an antibiotic cure

Microb Drug Resist. 1995 Spring;1(1):95-6. doi: 10.1089/mdr.1995.1.95.

Authors

S A Nachman¹, R Verma, M Egnor

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8111, USA.

PMID: 9156389
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1995.1.95

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Drug Resistance, Microbial*
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification*
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Infant
Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
Vancomycin / therapeutic use*
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / adverse effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin