Endocarditis caused by relatively penicillin-resistant Stomatococcus mucilaginosus.
We report a case of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus endocarditis in which the isolate was relatively resistant to penicillins and cephalothin. The patient was treated successfully with vancomycin and valve replacement.
Pinsky
R L
RL
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
Piscitelli
V
V
Patterson
J E
JE
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014640:Vancomycin