Is empiric daptomycin effective in reducing mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia? A real-life experience

Intensive Care Med. 2015 Nov;41(11):2026-8. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-4021-9. Epub 2015 Aug 20.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy*
  • Bacteremia / mortality
  • Comorbidity
  • Daptomycin / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality*
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / mortality
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Daptomycin