Failure of Cloxacillin in Treatment of a Patient with Borderline Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 47 (3), 859-861
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00571-08
Abstract
Clinical evidence for failure with β-lactam therapy has been lacking for patients with borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (BORSA) infections. We describe a failure of cloxacillin for a patient with endocarditis due to BORSA. The isolate also had false-negative thermonuclease and coagulase test results.Keywords
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