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Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis: A Case Report and Review

Author(s) -

Michael Alan Siegel,

J. Timpone

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/319341

Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , endocarditis , medicine , penicillin , microbiology and biotechnology , trovafloxacin , antibiotics , infective endocarditis , vancomycin , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , surgery , biology , genetics

Streptococcus pneumoniae has been a rare cause of endocarditis in the postantibiotic era. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant Pneumococcus species has been accompanied by isolated reports of penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae (PRSP) endocarditis. We report a case of bivalvular PRSP endocarditis that was treated with vancomycin and trovafloxacin, and we review the literature on this topic.

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