| Literature DB >> 21343441 |
Carlo Tascini1, Antonello Di Paolo, Marialuisa Polillo, Mauro Ferrari, Paola Lambelet, Romano Danesi, Francesco Menichetti.
Abstract
A 72-year-old man, receiving 8 mg daptomycin/kg body weight/day for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia, was diagnosed with MRSA/vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) cholecystitis (daptomycin MIC values, 1 and 2 mg/liter, respectively). After the fifth drug dose, the bile concentration of daptomycin was 66 mg/liter 5 min after drug administration, with the biliary concentration/MIC values higher than 30 for both bacterial strains. Therefore, daptomycin achieved therapeutic levels in bile, hence suggesting a role for the drug in the treatment of MRSA/VRE cholecystitis.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21343441 PMCID: PMC3088188 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01774-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191