Successful treatment of right-sided prosthetic valve endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant teicoplanin-heteroresistant Staphylococcus aureus with linezolid

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Nov;24(11):760-2. doi: 10.1007/s10096-005-0023-9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / therapeutic use*
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Linezolid
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Teicoplanin / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tricuspid Valve / microbiology
  • Tricuspid Valve / surgery

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Teicoplanin
  • Linezolid
  • Rifampin