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ArticleBMJ case reports2015

Tricuspid and mitral endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus exhibiting vancomycin-creep phenomenon.

Pranathi Rao Sundaragiri, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Dennis J Esterbrooks

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pranathi Rao SundaragiriDivision of Hospital Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Saraschandra VallabhajosyulaDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Toufik Mahfood HaddadDepartment of Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Dennis J EsterbrooksDivision of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Creighton University · USMayo Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Right-sided infective endocarditis (RIE) is commonly due to Staphylococcus aureus and often involves the tricuspid valve (TV). A 31-year-old man with prior intravenous drug use presented with substernal pain, cough, dyspnoea and fever. Examination revealed a febrile, tachycardic male with peripheral infective endocarditis stigmata and right-heart failure. Laboratory parameters demonstrated leucocytosis, lactic acidosis and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia. Echocardiography demonstrated multiple TV echodensities and chest imaging confirmed septic emboli. The MRSA species demonstrated 'vancomycin-creep', necessitating therapy with daptomycin and ceftaroline. Owing to persistent bacteraemia and septic shock, the patient underwent TV surgery, but continued to have a poor postoperative course with subsequent death. Indications for surgical therapy of RIE are limited to the European guidelines and most data are extrapolated from left-heart disease. MRSA exhibiting vancomycin-creep portends a poorer prognosis and requires aggressive therapy. We advocate the use of ceftaroline salvage therapy with daptomycin, pending further trials.

Indexed as

Mitral ValveTricuspid ValveAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsCeftarolineCephalosporinsDaptomycinDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEndocarditis, BacterialFatal OutcomeHeart Valve DiseasesHumansMaleMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcal InfectionsVancomycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsCeftarolineCephalosporinsDaptomycinVancomycin

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PMID26531738
PMCPMC4654159
OpenAlexW2271435373

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