Native mitral valve endocarditis associated with KPC producing Serratia marcescens bacteremia successfully treated with mitral valve replacement and ceftazidime-avibactam

Consistent with global trends of infections due to multiple-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria, we report the first official case of native mitral valve endocarditis due to multi-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonia Carbapenemase (KPC) producing Serratia marcescens. The patient underwent mitral valve r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tilanus, Alwin, Rincon, Francisco Mauricio, Rivera, Aura Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8105625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33996466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01137
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Sumario:Consistent with global trends of infections due to multiple-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria, we report the first official case of native mitral valve endocarditis due to multi-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonia Carbapenemase (KPC) producing Serratia marcescens. The patient underwent mitral valve replacement and was successfully treated with monotherapy ceftazidime-avibactam.

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