Successful Treatment of Recurrent Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Endocarditis by Linezolid, Valve Replacement, and Excisional Surgery of Limb in a Patient with Complicated Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Author:
Kangwon LEE
1
;
Hyuck KIM
;
Jieun KIM
;
Gilwoo LEE
;
Hyungtak LEE
;
Hyungtae KIM
;
Dongchan KIM
;
Ilwoong SOHN
;
Hyunjoo PAI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Linezolid; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Endocarditis; Bacterial
- MeSH: Acetamides; Adult; Amputation; Arteriovenous Malformations; Bacteremia; Endocarditis; Extremities; Humans; Leg; Linezolid; Male; Methicillin Resistance; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Mitral Valve; Oxazolidinones; Thigh; Treatment Failure; Vancomycin
- From:Infection and Chemotherapy 2010;42(6):415-419
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Vancomycin treatment failure in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia patients has increased over the past decade. We experienced a case of repeated MRSA bacteremia resulting in left-side endocarditis in 38-year-old male with a huge complicated arteriovenous malformation in the left thigh. After vancomycin treatment failure, the patient was successfully treated with the administration of linezolid, leg amputation, and mitral valve replacement.
