Successful treatment of complicated infective endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecium in a patient with substance use disorder using oritavancin as sequential maintenance therapy

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024 Apr;30(4):556-557. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.01.008. Epub 2024 Jan 20.
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Keywords: Enterococcal endocarditis; Long-acting lipoglycopeptides; Oritavancin; Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy; Persons who inject drugs.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Endocarditis* / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial* / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial* / drug therapy
  • Enterococcus faecium*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections* / complications
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections* / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections* / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Lipoglycopeptides / therapeutic use
  • Substance-Related Disorders* / drug therapy
  • Vancomycin / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • oritavancin
  • Lipoglycopeptides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin