A Case of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Peritonitis in a Pediatric Patient on CAPD Successfully Treated with Linezolid

Baek, Seung-Ah; Park, Sung-Sin; Kim, Sung-Do; Cho, Byoung-Soo

doi:2008.12.2.245

J Korean Soc Pediatr Nephrol > Volume 12(2); 2008 > Article

J Korean Soc Pediatr Nephrol 2008;12(2): 245-249. doi: https://doi.org/10.3339/jkspn.2008.12.2.245

지속성 외래 복막투석 소아에서 리네졸리드로 치료한 반코마이신 내성 장구균 복막염 1례

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¹경희대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과학교실
²경희대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과학교실
³경희대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과학교실
⁴경희대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과학교실

A Case of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Peritonitis in a Pediatric Patient on CAPD Successfully Treated with Linezolid

Seung-Ah Baek, Sung-Sin Park, Sung-Do Kim, Byoung-Soo Cho

¹Department of Pediatrics, Colleage of Medicine, Kyunghee University
²Department of Pediatrics, Colleage of Medicine, Kyunghee University
³Department of Pediatrics, Colleage of Medicine, Kyunghee University
⁴Department of Pediatrics, Colleage of Medicine, Kyunghee University

ABSTRACT

Peritonitis is one of the major complications of CAPD(continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis). Recently, multidrug-resistant organisms, such as vancomycin-resistant enterococcus(VRE) have been rarely reported by the pathogen as of CAPD-associated peritonitis. But, there is limited information on choices of effective therapy for VRE peritonitis in patients undergoing CAPD. We present a pediatric case of successful treatment of CAPD-associated peritonitis due to VRE with linezolid, and review of the literature.

Key words: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci | CAPD | Peritonitis | Linezolid