Use of Daptomycin for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Ventriculitis

Use of Daptomycin for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Ventriculitis

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are the main pathogens causing hospital-acquired external-ventricular-drain- (EVD-) and lumbar-drain- (LD-) associated meningitis and ventriculitis. The treatment of these infections can be challenging and may require combination of intraventricular and intra...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Erritouni, Nessrine Ktaich, James J. Rahal, Deborah Figueroa, Jaime Nieto, Carl Urban, Noriel Mariano, Frank Eisinger, Jonathan Abayev, David Nicolau, David Rubin, Murisiku Raifu, Sorana Segal-Maurer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/593578
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