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Successful treatment with linezolid and rifampicin of meningitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis refractory to vancomycin treatment

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  1. A.-J. Kruse

    Present address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 29, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, VU University Medical Center, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    A.-J. Kruse & S. M. Peerdeman

  2. Department of Pharmacy, VU University Medical Center, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. M. Bet

  3. Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Y. J. Debets-Ossenkopp

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Kruse, AJ., Peerdeman, S.M., Bet, P.M. et al. Successful treatment with linezolid and rifampicin of meningitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis refractory to vancomycin treatment. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 135–137 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0097-z

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