Use of Daptomycin for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Ventriculitis
Joint Authors
Nieto, Jaime
Nicolau, David
Figueroa, Deborah
Rahal, James J.
Abayev, Jonathan
Raifu, Murisiku
Segal-Maurer, Sorana
Rubin, David
Ktaich, Nessrine
Erritouni, Mohamed
Eisinger, Frank
Urban, Carl
Mariano, Noriel
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-2, 2 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
2
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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 intravenous administration of antibiotics.
Limited animal data demonstrate rapid daptomycin bactericidal activity, adequate penetration in the setting of inflamed meninges, and extended half-life in the ventricles Steenbergen et al.
(2009).
There are limited clinical data using daptomycin intravenously and/or intraventricularly for the treatment of central nervous system infections (CNS) Elvy et al.
(2008), Stucki et al.
(2007), Lee et al.
(2008) and Wallace et al.
(2009).
We report here our experience in the treatment of an EVD-related infection.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Erritouni, Mohamed& Ktaich, Nessrine& Rahal, James J.& Figueroa, Deborah& Nieto, Jaime& Urban, Carl…[et al.]. 2012. Use of Daptomycin for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Ventriculitis. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-2.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Erritouni, Mohamed…[et al.]. Use of Daptomycin for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Ventriculitis. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-2.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Erritouni, Mohamed& Ktaich, Nessrine& Rahal, James J.& Figueroa, Deborah& Nieto, Jaime& Urban, Carl…[et al.]. Use of Daptomycin for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Ventriculitis. Case Reports in Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-2.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-483552