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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 37, 2005 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Successful treatment of Staphylococcus epidermidis prosthetic valve endocarditis with linezolid after failure of treatment with oxacillin, gentamicin, rifampicin, vancomycin, and fusidic acid regimens

P. W. de Feiter From the Department of Surgery and Intensive Care, University Hospital Maastricht, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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J. A. Jacobs Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
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M. J. H. M. Jacobs Department of Surgery and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
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C. Vink Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
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S. van der Geest Department of Internal Medicine and Intensive Care, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Pages 173-176 | Received 10 Dec 2004, Accepted 23 Dec 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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David J Herrmann, William J Peppard, Nathan A Ledeboer, Melissa L Theesfeld, John A Weigelt & Bryan J Buechel. (2008) Linezolid for the treatment of drug-resistant infections. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 6:6, pages 825-848.
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Micaela De Palo, Pietro Scicchitano, Pietro Giorgio Malvindi & Domenico Paparella. (2021) Endocarditis in Patients with Aortic Valve Prosthesis: Comparison between Surgical and Transcatheter Prosthesis. Antibiotics 10:1, pages 50.
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Mohammad A. Noshak, Mohammad A. Rezaee, Alka Hasani & Mehdi Mirzaii. (2020) The Role of the Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) in Infective Endocarditis; A Narrative Review from 2000 to 2020. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 21:12, pages 1140-1153.
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P. Muñoz, M. Rodríguez-Creixéms, M. Moreno, M. Marín, V. Ramallo, E. Bouza & GAME Study Group. (2007) Linezolid therapy for infective endocarditis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 13:2, pages 211-215.
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Burke A. Cunha. (2006) Oral Antibiotic Therapy of Serious Systemic Infections. Medical Clinics of North America 90:6, pages 1197-1222.
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E. E. Hill, P. Herijgers, M.-C. Herregods & W. E. Peetermans. (2006) Infective endocarditis treated with linezolid: case report and literature review. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 25:3, pages 202-204.
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