MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM MENINGITIS IN A TODDLER
- 1 April 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 29 (4), 379-381
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0b013e3181c806d8
Abstract
A case of enterococcal meningitis in a toddler is presented. The organism was highly resistant to all drugs previously used for pediatric Gram-positive meningitis. She was successfully treated with intraventricular and intravenous daptomycin and intravenous tigecycline. The organism was characterized as a member of CC17, a notorious emerging nosocomial clone of Enterococcus faecium.Keywords
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