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ScientificWorldJournal
; 8: 793-5, 2008 Aug 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18690383
RESUMO
Endocarditis due to Abiotrophia spp. occurs in about 5% of endocarditis cases. Most of the cases respond to a combination of penicillin and gentamicin, or vancomycin. We describe a case of Staphylococcus epidermidis (CONS) and Abiotrophia spp. endocarditis that failed vancomycin treatment, but responded to daptomycin and rifampin.