Publication Date

4-1-2016

Journal

The Texas Heart Journal

DOI

10.14503/THIJ-14-4980

PMID

27127436

Publication Date(s)

April 2016

Language

English

PMCID

PMC4845569

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

4-1-2016

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-Print

Published Open-Access

yes

Keywords

Aortic valve, bioprosthetic; drug resistance, multiple, bacterial; drug therapy, combination; endocarditis, bacterial/therapy; Enterococcus durans/drug effects/isolation & purification; gentamicins/therapeutic use; microbial sensitivity tests; teicoplanin/therapeutic use

Abstract

Enterococci are common organisms associated with endocarditis, but infection by Enterococcus durans is very rare. To our knowledge, only 3 cases have been reported in the medical literature, and all 3 have involved native valves. Here we publish the first reported case (to our knowledge) of E. durans endocarditis in association with a bioprosthetic aortic valve. After the organism and its antibiotic susceptibility were identified, the 74-year-old male patient was treated successfully with teicoplanin and gentamicin, over a course of 6 weeks.

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