Failure of cloxacillin in treatment of a patient with borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 859-861

  Skinner, Stuart ^a,b   Murray, Melanie ^d   Walus, Tom ^c   Karlowsky, James A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Diagnostic Services of Manitoba Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN; COAGULASE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOXACILLIN; COAGULASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62949138690     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00571-08     Document Type: Article

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