Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus endocarditis with oral linezolid

Hilary M. Babcock, David J. Ritchie, Erin Christiansen, Richard Starlin, Russell Little, Sam Stanley

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Abstract

We report a case of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis that failed to respond to sequential monotherapy with chloramphenicol and quinupristin/dalfopristin but was successfully treated with oral linezolid.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1373-1375
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume32
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2001

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