Prospective evaluation of a two-week course of intravenous antibiotics in intravenous drug addicts with infective endocarditis

Autor: M de Cueto, A. Vergara, Manuel Torres-Tortosa, Antonio Sánchez-Porto, J Canueto, E. Perez-Guzman, M. González-Serrano
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 13:559-564
ISSN: 1435-4373
0934-9723
DOI: 10.1007/bf01971306
Popis: In a prospective study, a two-week course of antibiotics (cloxacillin 2 g/4 h plus amikacin 7.5 mg/kg/12 h) was evaluated in the therapy of right-sided infective endocarditis in intravenous drug users (IVDU). All IVDU admitted to hospital during the study period who fulfilled the strict criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis were analysed. A subgroup of patients with right-sided endocarditis caused byStaphylococcus aureus who had a good prognosis were selected as being eligible for the two-week course of treatment. In a total of 139 episodes of infective endocarditis in IVDU, 72 (51.8 %) cases were eligible for the two-week treatment. Of this group, 67 were cured, 4 needed prolongation of treatment to cure the infection and 1 died in hospital of respiratory distress syndrome on day 10 of treatment. In patients not eligible for the two-week treatment, the mortality was higher (24.2 % versus 0.7 %; p=0.00015). Drug toxicity in the treated group was low. It can be concluded that administration of cloxacillin and amikacin parenterally for 14 consecutive days was successful in the therapy of right-sided endocarditis in IVDU.
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