Native Valve Infective Endocarditis due to Micrococcus luteus in a Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patient

We report a 65-year-old female with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma who developed native valve infective endocarditis due to Micrococcus luteus. There is no defined therapeutic regimen for infective endocarditis due to Micrococcus luteus; however, our patient was successfully treated for six weeks with vancomycin and rifampin. To our knowledge, there is only one other case report of native valve endocarditis due to Micrococcus luteus.
Source: IDCases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research