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Heart transplantation in a patient with heteroresistant vancomycin‐intermediate S taphylococcus aureus ventricular assist device mediastinitis and bacteremia
Author(s) -
Swartz T.H.,
Huprikar S.,
LaBombardi V.,
Pinney S.,
Anyanwu A.,
Lee M.,
Patel G.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12123
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , bacteremia , heart transplantation , vancomycin , transplantation , intensive care medicine , staphylococcus aureus , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics , biology
Abstract Vancomycin‐intermediate S taphylococcus aureus ( VISA ) infections are an emerging problem and antibiotic options are limited. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of heteroresistant VISA mediastinitis and bacteremia in a patient with a ventricular assist device who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation with clinical cure.