title: Successful treatment of Aerococcus viridans endocarditis in a patient allergic to penicillin.
abstract: Aerococcus viridans is a rare human pathogen that occasionally causes endocarditis. Most of the reported cases of endocarditis have been treated with penicillin. Here we describe a patient who was allergic to penicillin and was successfully treated with cefotaxime.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Liang-Yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Chung
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Suang-Hao
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Mei-Lin
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Te-Li
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chang-Phone
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: Cheng-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D056570:Aerococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010406:Penicillins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins; D002439:Cefotaxime