Successful treatment of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus pacemaker lead infective endocarditis with telavancin

Luis A. Marcos; Bernard C. Camins

doi:10.1128/AAC.00857-10

Successful treatment of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus pacemaker lead infective endocarditis with telavancin

Luis A. Marcos, Bernard C. Camins

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Abstract

Emerging infections caused by vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) isolates are more likely to be associated with treatment failures than infections caused by other types of S. aureus. We present a case of pacemaker lead infective endocarditis caused by a non-daptomycin-susceptible strain of VISA. After 8 weeks of parenteral telavancin therapy, the patient achieved microbiological and clinical cure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5376-5378
Number of pages	3
Journal	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume	54
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00857-10
State	Published - Dec 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Successful treatment of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus pacemaker lead infective endocarditis with telavancin

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