title: 23-year-old man with fever and a sore thumb.
authors.affiliation: Resident in Internal Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL. Electronic address: Crozier.Jennifer@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Crozier
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Olga M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Petrucelli
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000382:microbiology*; D013933:Thumb; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin