SMJ articles in the category "daptomycin"

Original Article

A Retrospective Review of Clinical Experience with Daptomycin for a Variety of Wound Types in a Burn and Wound Care Facility

Objective: Daptomycin is a novel antibiotic with activity against many Gram-positive organisms that has demonstrated efficacy in the management of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). However, data regarding the use of daptomycin for the management of burn wound infections are lacking. We assessed the efficacy and safety of daptomycin…

Posted in: daptomycin 2 infections 3

Review Article

Vancomycin: Understanding Its Past and Preserving Its Future

The increase in vancomycin use in the 1980s to treat antibiotic-associated colitis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is largely responsible for the appearance of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, which in turn spawned isolated cases of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus. Perhaps most worrisome to clinicians are strains of MRSA that are heteroresistant to vancomycin;…

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