Treatment of endocarditis due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium with quinupristin/dalfopristin, doxycycline, and rifampin: a synergistic drug combination

Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Dec;27(6):1554-6. doi: 10.1086/517755.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Doxycycline / pharmacology
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Drug Synergism
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / pharmacology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rifampin / pharmacology
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology
  • Virginiamycin / pharmacology
  • Virginiamycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Virginiamycin
  • quinupristin-dalfopristin
  • Vancomycin
  • Doxycycline
  • Rifampin