Failure of cefotaxime treatment in a patient with penicillin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis and confirmation of nosocomial spread by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Jul;21(1):234-5. doi: 10.1093/clinids/21.1.234.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Cefotaxime / therapeutic use*
  • Cephalosporins / therapeutic use*
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • DNA Primers / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Gentamicins / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / diagnosis
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / therapy*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Penicillin Resistance*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Treatment Failure
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Cephalosporins
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Gentamicins
  • Vancomycin
  • Cefotaxime