Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus endocarditis with oral linezolid

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

doi:10.1086/319986

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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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	1373-1375
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	32
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/319986
State	Published - May 1 2001

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Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus endocarditis with oral linezolid

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