Vancomycin resistant enterococcus bacteremia in a patient with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, granulocystic sarcoma and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Jan 23:17:49. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.17.49.3246. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

In this case report we aimed to present a patient with granulocytic sarcomaa, neutropenic fever, ARDS and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniae that was hospitalized in our intensive care unit. The patient recovered and then developed vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) bacteremia due to port catheter during follow up. The patient had risk factors for VRE bacteremia and he was administered linezolide without removing the catheter. He was discharged with recovery.

Keywords: (VRE); Granulocystic sarcoma; Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumoniae; vancomycin resistant enterococci.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / complications*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Enterococcus faecium
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Male
  • Pneumocystis carinii* / isolation & purification
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / complications*
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / microbiology
  • Sarcoma, Myeloid / complications*
  • Sarcoma, Myeloid / microbiology
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci* / isolation & purification
  • Young Adult