Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Infection Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Infection treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Infection
Talk with your doctor about the best plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
Antibiotics
VRE can be treated with other types of antibiotics. Tests can be done to find out which ones will work. The type that is chosen is based on the kind of infection and how severe it is. Common antibiotics used to treat VRE include:
- Linezolid (Zyvox) -most common
- Quinupristin-dalfopristin (Synercid)
- Daptomycin (Cubicin)
- Tigecycline (Tygacil)
- Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid)
Catheter
If the infection is in your bladder and you may have a catheter placed to drain urine.
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