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ArticleJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2025

Vancomycin-Resistant

Anish Krishnan, Irina Rajakumar, Joanne Salmon

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Article in Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Anish KrishnanPharmacy Department, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Irina RajakumarPharmacy Department, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Joanne SalmonDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary; Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Vancomycin resistant Methods: We describe a case of a 78-year-old male with VRE prosthetic valve endocarditis treated with combined daptomycin/ampicillin. We review published literature on the treatment of VRE IE and summarize other published case reports of daptomycin combination therapy. Results: Prompt clearance of bacteremia was achieved. Cardiac valve replacement surgery was pursued but was followed by post-operative complications and ultimately the patient did not survive. Conclusion: There is limited published literature on the treatment of VRE IE and an optimal antibiotic regimen has not been established. This case adds to the growing body of literature demonstrating the use of daptomycin and beta-lactam combination therapy for VRE bacteremia and endocarditis. Combination therapy may be an appropriate choice for select cases; however, reports of treatment failure warrant caution.

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Enterococcus faeciuminfective endocarditisvancomycin-resistant enterococcus

Identifiers

PMID40671856
PMCPMC12263162

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