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View Post: Daptomycin Versus Other Antimicrobial Agents for the Treatment of ...
26 Nov 2009 by admin  
Daptomycin has been shown to achieve very good concentrations in skin and soft tissues. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness and toxicity of daptomycin with that of other antimicrobials for the treatment of SSTIs. ...
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View Post: Effects of daptomycin in combination with other antimicrobial ...
10 Nov 2009 by Steenbergen, JN, Mohr, JF, Thorne, GM  
This review summarizes the in vitro and animal model data available on antibiotic combinations with daptomycin. The majority of studies focus on the clinically relevant combinations of daptomycin with rifampicin or with gentamicin. ...
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View Post: Efficacy of daptomycin in implant-associated infection due to ...
10 Nov 2009 by JOC  
We compared the activity of daptomycin (alone and with rifampin [rifampicin]) with the activities of other antimicrobial regimens against MRSA ATCC 43300 in the guinea pig foreign-body infection model. The daptomycin MIC and the minimum ...
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View Post: Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Endocarditis Treated with ...
25 Nov 2009 by Schutt, A. C, Bohm, N. M  
She was treated initially with daptomycin 6 mg/kg daily, which was later increased to 8 mg/kg daily despite poor gentamicin clearance. A variety of antibiotics were used in combination with daptomycin, but the patient remained febrile, ...
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View Post: Antibiotics: Comparative antibacterial effects of daptomycin ...
21 Sep 2009 by Pat O'Connor  
To compare the antibacterial effects (ABEs) of the free (f) drugs daptomycin, vancomycin and teicoplanin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA), using high and low inocula in ...
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View Post: Intradialytic Administration of Daptomycin in End Stage Renal ...
6 Jul 2009 by Salama, NN, Segal, JH, Churchwell, MD,...  
Daptomycin has potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria, but the manufacturer recommends that the dose be infused after HD ends. This study determined the pharmacokinetics of intradialytically dosed daptomycin in patients with ...
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View Post: Is daptomycin effective for both right-sided and left-sided ...
9 Sep 2009 by Amy  
In this open label study patients with S. aureus bacteremia with or without endocarditis were randomized to receive 6 mg of daptomycin per kg body weight daily (n=124, 19 with right-sided encarditis) or initial low-dose gentamicin plus ...
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