Emergence of resistance to daptomycin in a cohort of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus persistent bacteraemia treated with daptomycin

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Feb;69(2):568-71. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt396. Epub 2013 Oct 9.
No abstract available

Keywords: MICs; bloodstream infections; cationic peptides; outcomes.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Daptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Daptomycin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / drug effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / physiology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / physiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Daptomycin