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In Vitro activity of daptomycin against MRSA and vancomycin hetero-resistant MRSA (h-MRSA) isolated from patients at Siraj hospital

community settings

[No authors listed]
GSID: y4A06q7qmoEJ
S Trakulsomboom, V Thamlikitkul - J. Infect. Dis. Antimicrob. Agents, 2008

No abstract available.

Daptomycin exposure precedes infection and/or colonization with daptomycin non-susceptible enterococcus.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Storm JC, Diekema DJ, Kroeger JS, Johnson SJ, Johannsson B.
PMID: 22958379
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2012 May 29;1(1):19. doi: 10.1186/2047-2994-1-19.

BACKGROUND: Daptomycin non-susceptible enterococci (DNSE) are emerging as an important cause of healthcare-associated infection, however little is known about the epidemiology of DNSE. At the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) an increase in the frequency of patients...

Current microbiology of surgical site infections associated with breast cancer surgery .

Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice

Rolston K, Mihu C, Tarrand J.
PMID: 25902178
Wounds. 2010 May;22(5):132-5.

 Surgical site infections (SSI) are the most common complications of breast cancer surgery. The authors identified 35 cases of SSI in the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) over a 7-month study period. Monomicrobial infections predominated (69%) with...

Clinical and Microbiologic Characteristics of Clostridium difficile Infection Caused by Binary Toxin Producing Strain in Korea.

Infection & chemotherapy

Kim J, Seo MR, Kang JO, Choi TY, Pai H.
PMID: 24265965
Infect Chemother. 2013 Jun;45(2):175-83. doi: 10.3947/ic.2013.45.2.175. Epub 2013 Jun 26.

BACKGROUND: Binary toxin-producing Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are known to be more severe and to cause higher case fatality rates than those by binary toxin-negative isolates. There has been few data of binary toxin-producing CDI in Korea. Objective of...

Moxifloxacin-Induced Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia in a Chronic Kidney Disease Patient Receiving Hemodialysis.

The Annals of pharmacotherapy

Mailman JF, Stigant C, Martinusen D.
PMID: 24687544
Ann Pharmacother. 2014 Jul;48(7):919-922. doi: 10.1177/1060028014529929. Epub 2014 Mar 31.

OBJECTIVE: To alert clinicians to a serious complication from a commonly prescribed medication, moxifloxacin.CASE SUMMARY: A 65-year-old male, septic, hemodialysis patient developed thrombocytopenia following exposure to vancomycin, ceftazidime, and moxifloxacin. Drug-specific immunoglobulin testing showed positive autoantibodies against only moxifloxacin,...

The efficacy and safety of arbekacin and vancomycin for the treatment in skin and soft tissue MRSA infection: preliminary study.

Infection & chemotherapy

Hwang JH, Lee JH, Moon MK, Kim JS, Won KS, Lee CS.
PMID: 24265951
Infect Chemother. 2013 Mar;45(1):62-8. doi: 10.3947/ic.2013.45.1.62. Epub 2013 Mar 29.

BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections, and use of vancomycin for the treatment of MRSA infection has increased. Unfortunately, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus have been reported, as well as vancomycin-resistant...

Fulminant Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting as Sigmoid Stricture and Severe Polyposis with Clinical Response to Intracolonic Vancomycin.

Case reports in medicine

Cheung SW, Li KK.
PMID: 27034681
Case Rep Med. 2016;2016:4609824. doi: 10.1155/2016/4609824. Epub 2016 Feb 29.

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Severe diseases carry significant morbidities such as septic shock, acute kidney injury, bowel perforation, and mortality. Immunocompromising conditions increase the risk of developing the disease but whether...

Impact of Pharmacy Practice Model Expansion on Pharmacokinetic Services: Optimization of Vancomycin Dosing and Improved Patient Safety.

Hospital pharmacy

Han Z, Pettit NN, Landon EM, Brielmaier BD.
PMID: 28515506
Hosp Pharm. 2017 Apr;52(4):273-279. doi: 10.1310/hpj5204-273.

No abstract available.

[Is there a relationship between rectal colonization and nosocomial infection of patients in intensive care unit?].

Mikrobiyoloji bulteni

Yeşilbağ Z, Çağatay AA, Karadeniz A, Başaran S, Orhun G, Ergin Özcan P, Özsüt H, Eraksoy H.
PMID: 26313275
Mikrobiyol Bul. 2015 Jul;49(3):327-39. doi: 10.5578/mb.9343.

Nosocomial infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms are a major problem in intensive care units (ICUs) with high mortality and morbidity rates and the prior colonization is an important risk factor for these infections. The aim of this study...

Antimicrobial activity of Nigerian medicinal plants.

Journal of intercultural ethnopharmacology

Anyanwu MU, Okoye RC.
PMID: 28512606
J Intercult Ethnopharmacol. 2017 Feb 18;6(2):240-259. doi: 10.5455/jice.20170106073231. eCollection 2017.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is currently one of the major threats facing mankind. The emergence and rapid spread of multi- and pan-drug-resistant organisms (such as vancomycin-, methicillin-, extended-spectrum β-lactam-, carbapenem- and colistin-resistant organisms) has put the world in a dilemma....

Efficacy and safety of daptomycin for skin and soft tissue infections: a systematic review with trial sequential analysis.

Therapeutics and clinical risk management

Liu C, Mao Z, Yang M, Kang H, Liu H, Pan L, Hu J, Luo J, Zhou F.
PMID: 27703367
Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2016 Sep 22;12:1455-1466. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S115175. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are significant indications for antibiotic treatment. Daptomycin, a novel antibiotic, has been registered and licensed to be used in the treatment of these infections. However, its efficacy and safety remain controversial.OBJECTIVE: The...

Where is the difference between an epidemic and a high endemic level with respect to nosocomial infection control measures? An analysis based on the example of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in hematology and oncology departments.

GMS hygiene and infection control

Ulrich N, Gastmeier P.
PMID: 28890862
GMS Hyg Infect Control. 2017 Aug 28;12:Doc14. doi: 10.3205/dgkh000299. eCollection 2017.

Some infection control recommendations distinguish epidemic and endemic levels for infection control. However, it is often difficult to separate long lasting outbreaks from high endemic levels and it remains open, if this distinction is really useful.

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