Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis with linezolid in a renal transplant recipient with human immunodeficiency virus infection |
| |
| Authors: | S Archuleta B Murphy MJ Keller |
| |
| Institution: | Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. soa2002@med.cornell.edu |
| |
| Abstract: | Infections with vancomycin-resistant Enterococci cause significant morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients, including transplant recipients. We report the successful use of oral linezolid to treat a case of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis in a renal transplant recipient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. |
| |
| Keywords: | endocarditis linezolid renal transplants vancomycin-resistant Enterococci |
|
