1. First Confirmed Case of Vancomycin-ResistantEnterococcus faeciumMeningitis in Turkey
- Author
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S. Kazan, Dilara Inan, Latife Mamikoglu, Dilek Colak, Filiz Gunseren, and Rabin Saba
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Pharmacology ,biology ,business.industry ,Chloramphenicol ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Clinical success ,Microbiology ,Infectious Diseases ,Oncology ,Vancomycin resistant ,medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Bacterial meningitis ,business ,Meningitis ,medicine.drug ,Enterococcus faecium ,Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium - Abstract
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci are unusual etiologic agents of bacterial meningitis and pose significant therapeutic difficulties. We report the first con-firmed case of nosocomial vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningitis in Turkey. The patient was treated with chloramphenicol and cerebrospinal fluid cultures became negative, but clinical success was not achieved. We also review the previously reported cases of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningi-tis.
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- 2004