Day 1 | Hospital admission for fatigue and fever. First nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 tested positive. |
Day 3 | ARDS requiring mechanical ventilation and ICU admission |
Day 14 | New onset of worsening fever. Haemocultures tested positive for MRSA. |
Day 15 | Antibiotic therapy with teicoplanin and ceftazidine/avibactam is started. |
Day 20 | Transoesophageal echocardiography is performed, showing infective carditis of the aortic valve. |
Day 21 | Teicoplanin is replaced by linezolid. |
Day 22 | Antibiotic therapy with fosfomycin is added, with good response. |
Day 30 | The patient is discharged from the ICU. |
Day 37 | The patient is transferred to a rehabilitation hospital. |
Day 50 | Transthoracic echocardiography is performed, showing residual vegetation of smaller dimension. |