Fatal bacteraemia caused by daptomycin-non-susceptible, vancomycin-intermediate, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a patient with chronic kidney disease

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2009 Jan;33(1):96-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.06.028. Epub 2008 Sep 13.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteremia* / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia* / microbiology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Daptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Daptomycin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases* / drug therapy
  • Kidney Diseases* / microbiology
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology*
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin
  • Daptomycin