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Original Source: Daptomycin as successful treatment for a refractory case of prosthetic valve endocarditis because of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.
We report on an intravenous drug user who presented with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis of a prosthetic tricuspid valve, with a 4-cm vegetation refractory to standard antibiotic treatment. The patient responded to intravenous daptomycin therapy clinically and microbiologically, despite an absence of surgical intervention.
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Microbiological Molecular Assay Analyses Heart Valve Tissue
Positive heart valve culture is a major criterion for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis, but is poorly sensitive compared...
Does cardiac surgery timing matter in infective endocarditis and stroke?
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Early Surgery May Benefit Some With Heart Infection
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Antibiotics to Prevent Infective Endocarditis
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Early Daptomycin Use May Help in MRSA Bacteremia
Early daptomycin use may improve outcomes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia when the vancomycin minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) is above 1 mcg/L. Reuters Health...
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Daptomycin treats S. aureus bacteremia without nephrotoxicity
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We report on an intravenous drug user who presented with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis of a prosthetic tricuspid valve, with a 4-cm vegetation refractory to s...
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Emergence of daptomycin-nonsusceptible (DNS) Staphylococcus aureus is a dreadful problem in the treatment of endocarditis. Few current therapeutic agents are effective for treati...
Possible daptomycin-induced organizing pneumonia.
We report a possible and rare case of drug-induced organizing pneumonia in a patient receiving daptomycin. A 75-year-old man with acute infective aorta valve endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecalis...
Extensive, devastating prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis. Case Report.
In this report, we present a case of a 68-year-old male who developed extensive, devastating prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) several months following aortic valve replacement with a tissue valve S...
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Mitral Valve Aneurysm.
Abstract We describe a case of mitral valve aneurysm associated with concomitant aortic valve endocarditis. Aneurysms appear as a localized saccular bulge of the anterior leaflet into the left atri...
