Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention and Feedback to Infectious Disease Specialists: A Case Study in High-Dose Daptomycin

Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention and Feedback to Infectious Disease Specialists: A Case Study in High-Dose Daptomycin

Infectious Diseases specialists have used high-dose daptomycin (≥6 mg/kg/day) in select patients with difficult to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) infections to optimize outcomes. Antimicrobial stewardship programs enforce antimicro...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L. Ross, Shannon Rankin, Patricia Marshik, Renée-Claude Mercier, Meghan Brett, Carla J. Walraven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-07-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
antimicrobial stewardship
daptomycin
infectious diseases
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/4/3/309

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