Influence of the minimum inhibitory concentration of daptomycin on the outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Objectives: Recent studies have shown that methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia with vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) >1 μg/mL is associated with a higher rate of treatment failure and a higher mortality rate. Daptomycin is an alternative to vancomycin bu...

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Main Authors: Hajar AlQahtani, Saeed Baloch, Fadilah Sfouq Aleanizy, Fulwah Yahya Alqahtani, Deanne Tabb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
MIC
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520303015