Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus tricuspid valve endocarditis with annular abscess cured with oral levofloxacin and rifampicin

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2007 Sep;30(3):275-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.04.008. Epub 2007 Jul 20.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / drug therapy*
  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cloxacillin / therapeutic use
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Fever / complications
  • Humans
  • Levofloxacin*
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use*
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Tricuspid Valve / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin
  • Cloxacillin
  • Rifampin