A 60-year-old man on ICU is being treated for septic shock from a urinary source. He has been on antibiotics for 72 hours but remains febrile with ris...

Question

A 60-year-old man on ICU is being treated for septic shock from a urinary source. He has been on antibiotics for 72 hours but remains febrile with rising CRP. His obstructed kidney has been stented. Repeat urine culture now grows a different organism - Enterococcus faecium resistant to ampicillin and vancomycin (VRE). What is the first-line antibiotic for VRE bacteraemia?

Accepted Answer

IV linezolid 600 mg BD

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High-dose IV vancomycin

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IV teicoplanin

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IV metronidazole

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IV ceftriaxone

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): VRE Bacteraemia