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Adjunctive rifampin therapy for native valve Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in a neonate: A case report and literature review

Infective endocarditis in neonates can be fatal. Adjunctive rifampin therapy might be effective as salvage therapy in critically ill patients with Staphylococcus aureus native valve endocarditis (NVE). We present a case of a full‐term neonate with NVE who had a favorable clinical outcome after addin...

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Autores principales: Almatrafi, Mohammed A., Alsahaf, Nouf, Alsharif, Elaf J., Sayed, Jamal A., Telmesani, Abdulwahab M. A., Alidrisi, Dhuha, Mohammed, Alkhayat, Mosalli, Rafat, Albaihani, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8489504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34631085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4902
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Sumario:Infective endocarditis in neonates can be fatal. Adjunctive rifampin therapy might be effective as salvage therapy in critically ill patients with Staphylococcus aureus native valve endocarditis (NVE). We present a case of a full‐term neonate with NVE who had a favorable clinical outcome after adding rifampin to standard therapy.