Successful Treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci with Tedizolid

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Dis Clin Pract (Baltim Md)
• Personal Author:
  Si, Sheng ; Durkin, Michael J. ; Mercier, Maureen M. ; Yarbrough, Melanie L. ; Liang, Stephen Y.
• Description:
  Few antibiotic options exist for the management of infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). We describe a case involving the safe and successful use of tedizolid, a new oxazolidinone, to treat VRE prosthetic joint infection.
• Keywords:
  Prosthetic Joint Infection Tedizolid Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci
• Source:
  Infect Dis Clin Pract (Baltim Md). 25(2):105-107
• Pubmed ID:
  28428726
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5393450
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  KM1 CA156708/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54CK000482/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 RR024992/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR000448/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8a5255a76ef14b4007c359ea9b4dd0774a19468321bbdc0a74705d8cbdb4ce63
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45413/cdc_45413_DS1.pdf
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