Vancomycın resıstant enterococcus bacteremıa ın a patıent wıth Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonıa, granulocystıc sarcoma and acute respıratory dıstress syndrome

In this case report we aimed to present a patient with granulocytic sarcomaa, neutropenic fever, ARDS and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniae that was hospitalized in our intensive care unit. The patient recovered and then developed vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) bacteremia due to port cathete...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Emre, Julide Celdir, Baysak, Aysegul, Oz, Adnan Tolga, Ece, Gulfem, Arda, Bilgin, Bacakoglu, Feza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25018799
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.49.3246
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Sumario:In this case report we aimed to present a patient with granulocytic sarcomaa, neutropenic fever, ARDS and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniae that was hospitalized in our intensive care unit. The patient recovered and then developed vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) bacteremia due to port catheter during follow up. The patient had risk factors for VRE bacteremia and he was administered linezolide without removing the catheter. He was discharged with recovery.

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