Daptomycin Plus Fosfomycin as Salvage Therapy in a Difficult-to-Treat Total Femoral Replacement Infection

The highly active anti-biofilm combination of daptomycin plus fosfomycin was successfully used in a difficult-to-treat infection of a total femoral replacement caused by multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in a 79-year-old woman. There was no need to remove the orthopedic hardware, and t...

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Autores principales: Luengo, Gonzalo, Lora-Tamayo, Jaime, Paredes, Diana, Muñoz-Gallego, Irene, Díaz, Antonio, Delgado, Emilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2018
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6215992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416945
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.27811
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author Luengo, Gonzalo
Lora-Tamayo, Jaime
Paredes, Diana
Muñoz-Gallego, Irene
Díaz, Antonio
Delgado, Emilio
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description The highly active anti-biofilm combination of daptomycin plus fosfomycin was successfully used in a difficult-to-treat infection of a total femoral replacement caused by multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in a 79-year-old woman. There was no need to remove the orthopedic hardware, and the patient is currently pain free and able to walk.
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spelling pubmed-62159922018-11-11 Daptomycin Plus Fosfomycin as Salvage Therapy in a Difficult-to-Treat Total Femoral Replacement Infection Luengo, Gonzalo Lora-Tamayo, Jaime Paredes, Diana Muñoz-Gallego, Irene Díaz, Antonio Delgado, Emilio J Bone Jt Infect Research Paper The highly active anti-biofilm combination of daptomycin plus fosfomycin was successfully used in a difficult-to-treat infection of a total femoral replacement caused by multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in a 79-year-old woman. There was no need to remove the orthopedic hardware, and the patient is currently pain free and able to walk. Ivyspring International Publisher 2018-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6215992/ /pubmed/30416945 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.27811 Text en © Ivyspring International Publisher This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
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Daptomycin Plus Fosfomycin as Salvage Therapy in a Difficult-to-Treat Total Femoral Replacement Infection
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title_short Daptomycin Plus Fosfomycin as Salvage Therapy in a Difficult-to-Treat Total Femoral Replacement Infection
title_sort daptomycin plus fosfomycin as salvage therapy in a difficult-to-treat total femoral replacement infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6215992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416945
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.27811
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