Postneurosurgical Central Nervous System Infection Due to Enterococcus faecalis Successfully Treated With Intraventricular Vancomycin. Issue 3 (May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Patel, Trisha; Lewis, Mark E.; Niesley, Michelle L.; Chowdhury, Mashiul
• Is Part Of: Infectious diseases in clinical practice. Volume 24:Issue 3(2016:May)
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Subjects: infection -- oncology -- intraventricular -- vancomycin; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases; Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000329
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1056-9103

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Infections from Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are uncommon in the post-neurosurgical intervention setting., [1, 2, 3, 4] Intraventricular antibiotics are recommended when standard intravenous therapy fails. [5] Here we present a case of post-neurosurgical ventriculitis, meningitis, and cerebritis in an oncology patient caused by refractory Enterococcus faecalis successfully treated with intraventricular vancomycin.