Left ventricular assist device-associated endocarditis involving multiple clones of Staphylococcus aureus with distinct antimicrobial susceptibility patterns.
Anti-Bacterial Agents
/ pharmacology
Endocarditis, Bacterial
/ drug therapy
Heart Ventricles
Heart-Assist Devices
/ adverse effects
Humans
Linezolid
/ therapeutic use
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
/ genetics
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S
Staphylococcal Infections
/ drug therapy
Staphylococcus aureus
/ drug effects
Endocarditis
Left ventricular assist device
Linezolid resistance
Staphylococcus aureus
Whole-genome sequencing
Journal
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1878-3511
Titre abrégé: Int J Infect Dis
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 9610933
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2019
Jul 2019
Historique:
received:
07
03
2019
revised:
30
04
2019
accepted:
01
05
2019
pubmed:
11
5
2019
medline:
21
8
2019
entrez:
11
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The case of a patient with left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-associated endocarditis involving multiple clones of Staphylococcus aureus is presented. Different clones with distinct colony morphology were identified from blood cultures collected on the same day and showed diverse antimicrobial resistance patterns. In addition, a difference in antimicrobial susceptibility was observed even within an identical clone recovered 400 days apart due to the loss of SCCmec for methicillin and modification of the 23S rRNA target site for linezolid during a long-term treatment course.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31075509
pii: S1201-9712(19)30207-3
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.05.001
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S
0
Linezolid
ISQ9I6J12J
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
44-47Informations de copyright
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