Successful treatment of meningoencephalitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with intravenous linezolid in an allogeneic cord blood stem cell transplant recipient

Tomitaka Higa From the Division of Hematology and Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Taizo Tasaka Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

Yasutaka Kubo From the Division of Hematology and Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Itsuhiro Nakagiri Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Fuminori Sano From the Division of Hematology and Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Yoshiko Matsuhashi From the Division of Hematology and Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Yuta Fukai Division of Neurology and Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Hideho Wada From the Division of Hematology and Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Kaoru Tohyama Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Takashi Sugihara From the Division of Hematology and Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

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Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an infectious pathogen that commonly occurs after stem cell transplantation. We report a case of meningoencephalitis with multiple abscess formation caused by MRSA, which occurred in a 62-y-old female soon after allogeneic cord blood transplantation, and which was successfully treated by the administration of intravenous linezolid.

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