Endocarditis due to glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus: case report and strain characterization

Andrade-Baiocchi, S.; Tognim, MCB; Baiocchi, Otavio Carvalho Guimarães [UNIFESP]; Sader, H. S.

Date

2003-02-01

Author

Andrade-Baiocchi, S.

Tognim, MCB

Baiocchi, Otavio Carvalho Guimarães [UNIFESP]

Sader, H. S.

Type

Artigo

ISSN

0732-8893

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Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

DOI

10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00511-4

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Abstract

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.

Citation

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 45, n. 2, p. 149-152, 2003.