Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child

Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child

Enterococci are an uncommon cause of CNS infection. A 20 month-old boy, diagnosed with hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunt and history of lengthy hospitalization and use of wide spectrum antibiotics, was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit diagnosed with ventriculitis. On the 14t...

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Main Authors:	Paulo Sérgio Lucas da Silva, Henrique Monteiro Neto, Lílian Márcia Sejas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	Vancomycin resistance treatment
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000200027&lng=en&tlng=en

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