Listerial endocarditis in a penicillin-allergic woman successfully treated with a combination of four drugs
2002
Abstract
A 69-y-old woman with bioprosthetic endocarditis due to Listeria monocytogenes developed an allergic reaction after beginning ampicillin treatment. She was cured with the combination of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, rifampicin and teicoplanin.
No immune deficiency was found in the patient.