title: Clinical progression of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus vertebral osteomyelitis associated with reduced susceptibility to daptomycin.
abstract: Daptomycin, a novel cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic, exhibits rapid bactericidal activity in vitro against most clinically relevant gram-positive organisms, including drug-resistant pathogens. Herein we describe a patient in whom methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to daptomycin was responsible for bacteremia and progressive vertebral osteomyelitis during daptomycin therapy.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Hopital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. vikram.holenarasipur@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Holenarasipur R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Vikram
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Havill
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Koeth
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Boyce
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017576:Daptomycin