A case of endocarditis with cerebral embolism successfully treated with daptomycin

A young girl was admitted for fever, headache, paresthesia of the hands, involuntary blinking of the left eye and aphasia. Imaging revealed mycotic cerebral aneurysms and finally infective endocarditis was diagnosed and successfully treated with daptomycin. She had a history of mitral prolapse and s...

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Autores principales: Doria, Roberta, Tagliaferri, Enrico, Andreotti, Giovanni, Taddei, Riccardo, Nardini, Rubinia, Tascini, Carlo, Menichetti, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765392
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e92
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Sumario:A young girl was admitted for fever, headache, paresthesia of the hands, involuntary blinking of the left eye and aphasia. Imaging revealed mycotic cerebral aneurysms and finally infective endocarditis was diagnosed and successfully treated with daptomycin. She had a history of mitral prolapse and she had undergone dental procedures some months before without any antibiotic prophylaxis, according to the 2007 guidelines of the American Heart Association.

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