Successful treatment of meningoencephalitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with intrathecal vancomycin in an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant recipient
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Vol. 31 (1) , 65-67
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common infectious pathogen during stem cell trans-plantation. We report a case of meningoencephalitis with multiple abscess formation caused by MRSA, which occurred in a 4-year-old boy soon after allogeneic peri-pheral blood stem cell transplantation. We successfully cured the infection with a combination of intravenous and intrathecal vancomycin.Keywords
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