Successful daptomycin treatment for staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-66

  Stair, Brad ^a   Vessels, Benjamin ^a   Overholser, Emily ^a   Zogleman, Brice ^b   Wall, Barry M ^a,b   Corbett, Cathy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus; Daptomycin; Endocarditis; Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MYALGIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84863494130     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318246dc38     Document Type: Article

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