Clinical Case Reports (Oct 2021)

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

  • Mohammed A. Almatrafi,
  • Nouf Alsahaf,
  • Elaf J. Alsharif,
  • Jamal A. Sayed,
  • Abdulwahab M. A. Telmesani,
  • Dhuha Alidrisi,
  • Alkhayat Mohammed,
  • Rafat Mosalli,
  • Ahmed Albaihani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4902
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 10
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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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 after adding rifampin to standard therapy.

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