Successful treatment of pediatric endocarditis and pericarditis due to MRSA with linezolid

The linezolid treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection was sporadically reported in children. Here we describe a case of a 6 month-old patient underwent mediastinal drainage and artificial conduit removement caused by MRSA infection. After that, linezolid treatment...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Japanese journal of antibiotics 2011/04/25, Vol.64(2), pp.109-112
Hauptverfasser:	MIYAMOTO, TAKASHI, TOMOYASU, TAKAHIRO, MIYAJI, KAGAMI
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acetamides - therapeutic use Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use Endocarditis, Bacterial - drug therapy Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology Humans Infant Linezolid Male Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Oxazolidinones - therapeutic use Pericarditis - drug therapy Pericarditis - microbiology Staphylococcal Infections Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	The linezolid treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection was sporadically reported in children. Here we describe a case of a 6 month-old patient underwent mediastinal drainage and artificial conduit removement caused by MRSA infection. After that, linezolid treatment was started and bacteremia was resolved after 14 days of treatment. At discharge, he was no febrile, his blood culture were sterile. We report a case of a patient with MRSA endocarditis treatment with linezolid.
ISSN:	0368-2781 2186-5477
DOI:	10.11553/antibiotics.64.2_109