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.
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