title: Oritavancin: a new avenue for resistant Gram-positive bacteria.
abstract: Oritavancin, a new semisynthetic glycopeptide has a spectrum of activity similar to vancomycin, although it exhibits potent antimicrobial activity against vancomycin-resistant staphylococci and enterococci species. It has a long-terminal half-life of 360 h, is highly protein bound and has been dosed once-daily in clinical trials. Oritavancin has been studied in complicated skin and skin structure infections where it was noninferior to the comparator group of vancomycin/cephalexin. Thus far, oritavancin has a favorable side-effect profile and appears promising in the treatment of multidrug resistant Gram-positive bacteria.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, College of Pharmacy, MSC09 5360, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA. rmercier@unm.edu
authors.forename: Renee-Claude
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hrebickova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D000077427:Lipoglycopeptides; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006020:Glycopeptides; D000077427:Lipoglycopeptides; C100708:oritavancin; D014640:Vancomycin