A rationale for combination ampicillin and daptomycin in renal transplant patients with enterococcal infective endocarditis

Treatment of enterococcal endocarditis in patients with history of renal transplantation is complicated. Treatment failure and/or drug toxicities are not uncommon. Treatment with ampicillin and daptomycin in a renal transplant patient has been rarely reported. Here we report a patient who was succes...

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Autores principales: Castro-Lainez, Miriams Teresita, Sierra-Hoffman, Miguel, Valladares, Victoria, Tillman, Tywaun, Iznaloa-Esquivel, Oscar A., Howell, Alan, Fader, Robert, Winn, Richard, Jinadatha, Chetan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30370224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00460
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Sumario:Treatment of enterococcal endocarditis in patients with history of renal transplantation is complicated. Treatment failure and/or drug toxicities are not uncommon. Treatment with ampicillin and daptomycin in a renal transplant patient has been rarely reported. Here we report a patient who was successfully treated with this novel combination.

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