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
Copyright
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
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.