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Treatment of Meningitis Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis with Linezolid

Wolfgang A. Krueger, Bernd Kottler, Bernd E. Will, Alexandra Heininger, Heinz Guggenberger, Klaus E. Unertl
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1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
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DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.929-932.2004
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    Time course of infectious parameters measured in CSF during treatment with linezolid

    Day of treatmentResult
    Culture grownCell count (cells/μl)Protein (mg/dl)Lactate (mmol/liter)Glucose (mg/dl)
    −6NAa0291.554
    1MRSE260433.648
    2MRSE2,320b394.351
    3None220393.455
    7None40c532.956
    9None40c542.446
    12None0532.652
    16None0151.868
    • ↵ a NA, not applicable.

    • ↵ b Differential cell counts showed predominantly granulocytes, several monocytes, and few lymphocytes.

    • ↵ c Differential cell counts showed predominantly lymphocytes and few granulocytes and monocytes.

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Treatment of Meningitis Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis with Linezolid
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology Feb 2004, 42 (2) 929-932; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.929-932.2004

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Treatment of Meningitis Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis with Linezolid
Wolfgang A. Krueger, Bernd Kottler, Bernd E. Will, Alexandra Heininger, Heinz Guggenberger, Klaus E. Unertl
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Feb 2004, 42 (2) 929-932; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.929-932.2004
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KEYWORDS

Acetamides
Anti-Infective Agents
Meningitis, Bacterial
methicillin resistance
oxazolidinones
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus epidermidis

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