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

Link to article at PubMed

Related Articles

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

Authors: Huang YT, Hsiao CH, Liao CH, Lee CW, Hsueh PR

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.

PMID: 18199793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *