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Heart Lung
; 40(2): 172-6, 2011.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20800283
ABSTRACT
We report on an intravenous drug user who presented with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis of a prosthetic tricuspid valve, with a 4-cm vegetation refractory to standard antibiotic treatment. The patient responded to intravenous daptomycin therapy clinically and microbiologically, despite an absence of surgical intervention.