Intrathecal daptomycin use in a challenging case of Enterococcus faecium ventriculitis

Treatment of ventriculitis caused by enterococci can be challenging, and antibiotic options are limited. We describe a case of device-related ventriculitis caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium , refractory to initial antibiotics. Our management approach included intrathecal daptomycin...

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Autores principales: Dhariwal, Ankush, Leff, Rachel, Allen, Mike, Cherian, Benny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9260094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35812713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000230
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description Treatment of ventriculitis caused by enterococci can be challenging, and antibiotic options are limited. We describe a case of device-related ventriculitis caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium , refractory to initial antibiotics. Our management approach included intrathecal daptomycin. There were no attributable adverse events, and the patient remained infection-free following ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion and cessation of antibiotics.
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spelling pubmed-92600942022-07-07 Intrathecal daptomycin use in a challenging case of Enterococcus faecium ventriculitis Dhariwal, Ankush Leff, Rachel Allen, Mike Cherian, Benny Access Microbiol Case Reports Treatment of ventriculitis caused by enterococci can be challenging, and antibiotic options are limited. We describe a case of device-related ventriculitis caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium , refractory to initial antibiotics. Our management approach included intrathecal daptomycin. There were no attributable adverse events, and the patient remained infection-free following ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion and cessation of antibiotics. Microbiology Society 2022-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9260094/ /pubmed/35812713 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000230 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The Microbiology Society waived the open access fees for this article.
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title_short Intrathecal daptomycin use in a challenging case of Enterococcus faecium ventriculitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9260094/
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