Successful use of intravenous linezolid in CAPD patient with vancomycin-resistant enterococcal peritonitis.

摘要

In CAPD peritonitis caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), treatment by antibiotics such as quinupristin-daLfopristin (Synerdd: DSM Pharmaceuticals, Greenville, NC, U.S.A.), Linezolid (Zyvox: Pfizer, New York, NY, U.S.A.), ordaptomycin has been attempted (1). Treatment without removal of the peritoneal catheter has not been reported exceptfor 2 cases recently treated with intraperitonealdaptomycin (2), and standards for removal of the peritoneal dialysis catheter have not been established. We describe a case of peritonitis caused by VRE that developed in a CAPD patient and that was treated successfully with intravenous linezolid while maintaining a peritoneal dialysis catheter.