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

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

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease (2003-10-03)

P J Gavin, M T Suseno, F V Cook, L R Peterson, R B Thomson

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.

MATERIALI

N° Catalogo

Marchio

Descrizione del prodotto

T4014

Sigma-Aldrich

Tobramicina, Aminoglycoside antibiotic

PHR1079

Supelco

Tobramicina, Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

T1500000

Tobramicina, European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard

Y0001210

Tobramicina, European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard