Swartz T H, Huprikar S, Labombardi V, Pinney S, Anyanwu A, Lee M, Patel G
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Transpl Infect Dis. 2013 Oct;15(5):E177-81. doi: 10.1111/tid.12123. Epub 2013 Aug 1.
Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) infections are an emerging problem and antibiotic options are limited. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of heteroresistant VISA mediastinitis and bacteremia in a patient with a ventricular assist device who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation with clinical cure.
万古霉素中介金黄色葡萄球菌(VISA)感染是一个新出现的问题,抗生素选择有限。据我们所知,我们报告了首例在接受原位心脏移植并获得临床治愈的心室辅助装置患者中发生的异质性耐药VISA纵隔炎和菌血症病例。