Left-sided endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: successful treatment with meropenem and tobramycin

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;47(2):427-30. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(03)00135-4.

Abstract

Medical treatment alone is rarely successful in left-sided infective endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We report the cure of such a case with high-dose meropenem in combination with tobramycin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meropenem
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Thienamycins / therapeutic use*
  • Tobramycin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Thienamycins
  • Meropenem
  • Tobramycin