| Literature DB >> 22644033 |
José M Miró1, José M Entenza, Ana Del Río, Maria Velasco, Ximena Castañeda, Cristina Garcia de la Mària, Marlyse Giddey, Yolanda Armero, Juan M Pericàs, Carlos Cervera, Carlos A Mestres, Manuel Almela, Carlos Falces, Francesc Marco, Philippe Moreillon, Asuncion Moreno.
Abstract
We describe 3 patients with left-sided staphylococcal endocarditis (1 with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus [MSSA] prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and 2 with methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA] native-valve endocarditis) who were successfully treated with high-dose intravenous daptomycin (10 mg/kg/day) plus fosfomycin (2 g every 6 h) for 6 weeks. This combination was tested in vitro against 7 MSSA, 5 MRSA, and 2 intermediately glycopeptide-resistant S. aureus isolates and proved to be synergistic against 11 (79%) strains and bactericidal against 8 (57%) strains. This combination deserves further clinical study.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22644033 PMCID: PMC3421550 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.06449-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191