Daptomycin is safe and effective for the treatment of gram-positive cocci infections in solid organ transplantation.

Len, O; Montejo, M; Cervera, C; Fariñas, M C; Sabé, N; Ramos, A; Cordero, E; Torre-Cisneros, J; Martín-Dávila, P; Azanza, J R; Pahissa, A; Gavaldà, J

Len, O; Montejo, M; Cervera, C; Fariñas, M C; Sabé, N; Ramos, A; Cordero, E; Torre-Cisneros, J; Martín-Dávila, P; Azanza, J R; Pahissa, A; Gavaldà, J.

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Len O; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.

Transpl Infect Dis ; 16(4): 532-8, 2014 Aug.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24834833

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Daptomycin/pharmacokinetics; Daptomycin/therapeutic use; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/drug therapy; Gram-Positive Cocci/isolation & purification; Organ Transplantation/adverse effects; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacokinetics; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Cohort Studies; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Female; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/etiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Young Adult

Key words

antibiotic resistance; daptomycin; enterococci; pharmacokinetics; staphylococci; transplantation

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Organ Transplantation / Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Gram-Positive Cocci / Daptomycin Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Transpl Infect Dis Journal subject: TRANSPLANTE Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Spain

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