Vancomycin has been considered first-line treatment for bacteremia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) despite treatment failures in up to 20% of patients with MRSA bacteremia secondary to endocarditis. However, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is as effective as vancomycin for the management of MRSA bacteremia. secondary to endocarditis in injection drug users. We report the successful management of a left ventricular assist device-related MRSA infection with persistent MRSA bacteremia that failed to respond to vancomycin, linezolid, and quinupristin/dalfopristin but did respond to TMP-SMX.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-19614 |
| Date | 01 October 2005 |
| Creators | Shams, Wael E., McCormick, Malkanthie, Rapp, Robert P., Evans, Martin E. |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | ETSU Faculty Works |
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