Novel Double Beta-Lactam Therapy For Granulicatella Adiacens Infective Endocarditis

Granulicatella adiacens, a nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) is a well described organism associated with endocarditis. Previously communicated cases have documented the use of double beta-lactam therapy with ampicillin and ceftriaxone to treat patients with infective endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecalis and Streptocossus pneumoniae. We describe the first case of Granulicatella adiacens infective endocarditis in a patient successfully treated with the combination of intravenous ampicillin and ceftriaxone and document their synergistic activity. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.