Successful treatment of left sided native valve MRSA endocarditis in immunocompromised host treated with daptomycin and surgery: a case report
| Autor: | Ketan Patel, Atul Patel, Sapan Chandranshu Pandya, Dhiren Shantibhai Shah, Chirag V Vasa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Native Valve Endocarditis business.industry biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease Cardiac surgery Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Antibiotic resistance Cardiothoracic surgery Mitral valve Infective endocarditis medicine Endocarditis Daptomycin Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 29:16-19 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7723 0970-9134 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12055-013-0172-x |
| Popis: | Infections of the left side of the heart, involving the aortic or mitral valves, have greater therapeutic failure rates than those of the right side. The emergence of antimicrobial resistance amongst gram-positive pathogens, particularly Methicillin- Resistant S Aureus (MRSA) has made treatment more difficult. Daptomycin is a newer option for treatment of bacteraemia and endocarditis due to MRSA. Infective endocarditis is an important clinical mimic of vasculitis. We report here a case of left sided native valve endocarditis due to MRSA in an immunosuppressed host successfully treated with surgery and daptomycin. |
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