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

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

Abstract 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 af...

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Main Authors: Mohammed A. Almatrafi, Nouf Alsahaf, Elaf J. Alsharif, Jamal A. Sayed, Abdulwahab M. A. Telmesani, Dhuha Alidrisi, Alkhayat Mohammed, Rafat Mosalli, Ahmed Albaihani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-10-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
infective endocarditis
neonatal
rifampin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4902

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