An update on Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis from the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)

Affiliations

¹ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, UK. Electronic address: kordosaeed@nhs.net.
² NHS Ayrshire and Arran, UK.
³ Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, UK; Public Health England, Imported and Rare Fever Service, Porton Down, UK.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, NKUA, ATTIKON University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁷ Institute of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Salerno, Italy.
⁹ Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Infectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France.
¹¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre and Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Kordo Saeed et al. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;53(1):9-15.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.09.014. Epub 2018 Sep 19.

¹ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, UK. Electronic address: kordosaeed@nhs.net.
² NHS Ayrshire and Arran, UK.
³ Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, UK; Public Health England, Imported and Rare Fever Service, Porton Down, UK.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, NKUA, ATTIKON University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁷ Institute of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Salerno, Italy.
⁹ Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Infectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France.
¹¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre and Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: Infective endocarditis; MRSA; PVL; Panton–Valentine leukocidin; Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Staphylococcus aureus.

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