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Endocarditis due to glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus: case report and strain characterization
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2003-02-01Registro en:
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 45, n. 2, p. 149-152, 2003.
0732-8893
10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00511-4
WOS:000181429700010
Autor
Andrade-Baiocchi, S.
Tognim, MCB
Baiocchi, Otavio Carvalho Guimarães [UNIFESP]
Sader, H. S.
Institución
Resumen
We report a case of infective endocarditis due to vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) that did not respond to high doses of vancomycin. Initial vancomycin MIC of the last isolate recovered from blood was 8 1 mug/mL, but could be induced up to 32 mug/mL by consecutive growing with vancomycin. Clinical response was only accomplished when linezolid was included in therapy. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.