title: Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus catheter-related infection and infective endocarditis with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in the experimental rabbit model.
abstract: The role of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor with and without antibiotics in the treatment of catheter-related infection and infective endocarditis caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus was assessed in the experimental rabbit model. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor stimulated leukocytosis in infected animals but did not increase the clearance of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus from peripheral blood, subcutaneous port catheters, intravascular cardiac catheters, or aortic valve vegetations.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco General Hospital, University of California-San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D004338:Drug Combinations; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D002443:Ceftriaxone