Endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: treatment failure with linezolid.

Authors :: Ruiz ME
Guerrero IC
Tuazon CU
Source :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2002 Oct 15; Vol. 35 (8), pp. 1018-20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2002 Sep 26.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: We describe 2 cases of endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that failed to respond to intravenous linezolid therapy but were successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole plus gentamicin and vancomycin plus rifampin.

Subjects :: Aged
Humans
Linezolid
Treatment Failure
Acetamides therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Endocarditis, Bacterial drug therapy
Methicillin Resistance physiology
Oxazolidinones therapeutic use
Staphylococcal Infections drug therapy
Staphylococcus aureus drug effects

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1537-6591
Volume :: 35
Issue :: 8
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 12355391
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1086/342698

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