Different recommendations for daptomycin dosing over time in patients with severe infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1788-1789

  Di Paolo, Antonello ^a   Polillo, Marialuisa ^a   Tascini, Carlo ^b   Lewis, Russell ^c   Menichetti, Francesco ^b   Danesi, Romano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Immunogenetic Laboratory Cisanello Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DAPTOMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84901787512     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu230     Document Type: Letter

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