Listerial endocarditis in a penicillin-allergic woman successfully treated with a combination of 4 drugs

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(5):383-4. doi: 10.1080/00365540110080430.

Abstract

A 69-y-old woman with bioprosthetic endocarditis due to Listeria monocytogenes developed an allergic reaction after beginning ampicillin treatment. She was cured with the combination of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, rifampicin and teicoplanin. No immune deficiency was found in the patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification*
  • Listeriosis / complications
  • Listeriosis / drug therapy
  • Listeriosis / microbiology
  • Penicillins / adverse effects*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / complications
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Teicoplanin / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Penicillins
  • Teicoplanin
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
  • Rifampin