Intrathecal vancomycin in the treatment of Ommaya reservoir infection by Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Ommaya reservoirs are frequently used in the treatment of patients with meningeal involvement by malignant diseases. The reported infectious complications range between 5-50%. We describe a 35-year-old male patient with Staphylococcus epidermidis infection of an Ommaya reservoir in whom intravenous antibiotics and removal of the reservoir failed to eradicate the organism.