Successful treatment with daptomycin and ceftaroline of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) endocarditis: a case report

• Shang-Yi Lin,
• Wei-Chun Hung,
• Shih-Hao Lo,
• Yi-Ting Tseng,
• Po-Liang Lu

Affiliations

Shang-Yi Lin

Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wei-Chun Hung

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shih-Hao Lo

Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yi-Ting Tseng

Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Po-Liang Lu

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Center for Liquid Biopsy and Cohort Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 312 1101 ext. 5675, fax: +886 7 322 8547