Bacteremia and infective endocarditis caused by a non-daptomycin-susceptible, vancomycin-intermediate, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain in Taiwan

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Mar;46(3):1132-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01844-07. Epub 2008 Jan 16.

Abstract

We describe the development of nonsusceptibility to daptomycin and vancomycin during treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia associated with infective endocarditis and probable septic thrombophlebitis in a uremic patient. MRSA bacteremia persisted during glycopeptide and subsequent daptomycin treatment but cleared after 5 days' treatment with linezolid and fusidic acid.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Daptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Daptomycin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Endocarditis / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Taiwan
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology*
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin
  • Daptomycin