@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.022921-0, author = "Hartmann, Carolin and Peter, Corinna and Hermann, Elvis and Ure, Benno and Sedlacek, Ludwig and Hansen, Gesine and Bohnhorst, Bettina", title = "Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ventriculitis with combined intravenous and intraventricular chloramphenicol in a newborn", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2010", volume = "59", number = "11", pages = "1371-1374", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.022921-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.022921-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "CSF, cerebrospinal fluid", keywords = "i.v., intravenous", keywords = "CNS, central nervous system", keywords = "s.i.d., once a day", keywords = "t.i.d., three times a day", keywords = "b.i.d., twice a day", keywords = "VRE, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium", abstract = "Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) infection is a rare event in paediatric patients and often occurs under immunosuppression or after surgical intervention. We report what we believe to be the first paediatric case of ventriculitis due to VRE (in a 2-month-old infant) to be successfully treated with combined intravenous (i.v.) and intraventricular chloramphenicol after failure of i.v. linezolid and intraventricular gentamicin.", }