A multicentre evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of high-dose daptomycin for the treatment of infective endocarditis.
J Antimicrob Chemother
; 68(12): 2921-6, 2013 Dec.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23928022
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Despite significant medical advances, infective endocarditis (IE) remains an infection associated with high morbidity and mortality. The objective was to assess the safety and efficacy of high-dose daptomycin, defined as ≥ 8 mg/kg/day, in patients with confirmed or suspected staphylococcal and/or enterococcal IE.METHODS:
This was a multicentre, retrospective observational study (2005-11). Adult patients, not undergoing haemodialysis, with blood cultures positive for staphylococci or enterococci and a definitive or possible diagnosis of IE, who received daptomycin ≥ 8 mg/kg/day (based on total body weight) for ≥ 72 h were included.RESULTS:
Seventy patients met the inclusion criteria and comprised 33 (47.1%) with right-sided IE (RIE), 35 (50%) with left-sided IE (LIE) and 2 with both RIE and LIE. Several patients had concomitant sites of infection, with bone/joint infection being most prevalent (12.9%). Sixty-five patients received daptomycin as salvage therapy. Pathogens were isolated from 64 patients, with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as the most common organism (84.4%), followed by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (7.8%). The median (IQR) daptomycin dose was 9.8 mg/kg/day (8.2-10.0 mg/kg/day), and was similar in RIE and LIE patients (9.8 and 9.3 mg/kg/day, respectively). A total of 24 (34.3%) received combination therapy. For those patients with pathogens isolated (n = 64), the organism was eradicated in 57 (89.1%) patients. Among 64 clinically evaluable patients, 55 (85.9%) achieved clinical success. No patients required discontinuation of high-dose daptomycin due to creatine phosphokinase elevations.CONCLUSIONS:
Patients with both RIE and LIE had successful outcomes with high-dose daptomycin therapy. Additional clinical trials evaluating high daptomycin dosages in patients with IE are warranted.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
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Daptomycin
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Endocarditis
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Antimicrob Chemother
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States