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Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: treatment with chloramphenicol plus
Amar Safdar1, Charles S Bryan, Shawn Stinson
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29203, USA. Safdar@richmed.medpark.sc.edu
Abstract:
We report a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis and persistent bacteremia due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. The combination of parenteral chloramphenicol plus minocycline therapy was administered for 8 weeks and resulted in cure after treatment with quinupristin-dalfopristin had failed.