Daptomycin for treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis saphenectomy wound infection after coronary artery bypass graft operation (CABG): a case report.
We report a case of successful treatment of postoperative saphenectomy wound infection of the upper left leg with the antibiotic drug Daptomycin.
Schmitto
Jan D
JD
Department of Thoracic-, Cardiac- and Vascular Surgery, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. schmitto@med.uni-goettingen.de
Popov
Aron F
AF
Sossalla
Samuel T
ST
Coskun
Kasim O
KO
Mokashi
Suyog A
SA
Wintner
Anton
A
Schoendube
Friedrich A
FA
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017576:Daptomycin