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Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report

Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Özlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Uçar.


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Abstract
Enterococci are present in the gastrointestinal system as normal floral components. In the past two decades members of the genus Enterococcus have emerged as important nosocomial pathogens worldwide. Enterococci may cause a range of different disorders such as urinary tract, intraabdominal, and wound infections, as well as endocarditis, meningitis and bacteraemia. Nosocomial enterococcal meningitis is most commonly observed following ventriculoperitoneal shunt operations. Vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE) represents 30% of all enterococci infections.
This report presents a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus meningitis case in a 66-year-old patient with ventriculoperitoneal shunt, which has not been reported in the literature before. Successful outcomes were obtained with daptomycin plus linezolid combined treatment in VRE meningitis. Treatment recommendations in VRE meningitis are also discussed in this article. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2011;1 (3):138-140

Key words: Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, Enterococcus casseliflavus, meningitis


 
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Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar. Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011; 1(3): 138-140 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031

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Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar. Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657030 [Access: November 22, 2024]. doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031

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Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar. Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011; 1(3): 138-140 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031


Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar. Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2011), [cited November 22, 2024]; 1(3): 138-140 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031


Harvard Style

Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar (2011) Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 1 (3), 138-140 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031


Turabian Style

Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar. 2011. Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 1 (3), 138-140 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031


Chicago Style

Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar. "Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 1 (2011), 138-140 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar. "Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 1.3 (2011), 138-140 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Fazilet Duygu, Pervin Ozlem Balcı, Mehtap Solmaz, Nilay Sefa Ucar (2011) Meningitis associated with Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus casseliflavus: First report. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 1 (3), 138-140 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.03.0031


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