Considerations for higher doses of daptomycin in critically ill patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Falcone, Marco; Russo, Alessandro; Venditti, Mario; Novelli, Andrea; Pai, Manjunath P

Falcone, Marco; Russo, Alessandro; Venditti, Mario; Novelli, Andrea; Pai, Manjunath P.

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Falcone M; Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases "Sapienza," Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome.

Clin Infect Dis ; 57(11): 1568-76, 2013 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24046298

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage; Bacteremia/drug therapy; Bacteremia/microbiology; Daptomycin/administration & dosage; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents/blood; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacokinetics; Bacteremia/blood; Critical Illness; Daptomycin/blood; Daptomycin/pharmacokinetics; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Staphylococcal Infections/blood; Treatment Outcome

Key words

critically ill; daptomycin; dosing; pharmacokinetics; sepsis

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Staphylococcal Infections / Bacteremia / Daptomycin / Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Anti-Bacterial Agents Type of study: Guideline / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Clin Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2013 Type: Article

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