Postoperative Meningitis in Patients with Cervical Cord Tumor: A Case Report

Postoperative meningitis after spinal surgery is a rare complication that can result in a life-threatening condition. Linezolid (LZD) is an oxazolidinone which has been approved in Japan for infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The authors encountered a case of postopera...

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Autores principales: Kawaguchi, Yoshiharu, Seki, Shoji, Yasuda, Taketoshi, Nakamura, Yumiko, Nakano, Masato, Kimura, Tomoatsu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2996627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21165319
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2010.4.2.136
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Sumario:Postoperative meningitis after spinal surgery is a rare complication that can result in a life-threatening condition. Linezolid (LZD) is an oxazolidinone which has been approved in Japan for infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The authors encountered a case of postoperative meningitis with cerebrospinal fluid leakage (liquorrhoea) that occurred after resection of a cervical cord tumor. The infection was caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis(MRSE). Debridement and suture of the dura matter was carried out. LZD was given intravenously. The infection was cured without any sequelae. Based on this result, we concluded that LZD might be considered as one of the first choices for the treatment of postsurgical meningitis caused by MRSE.

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