Midterm results after treatment of gram-positive deep sternal wound infections with daptomycin for cardiac surgery patients.
Daptomycin in combination with surgical therapy has shown to be effective for treatment of deep sternal wound infection in cardiac surgery. However, till now midterm results in terms of re-infection or re-operation in patients who were successfully treated with daptomycin for gram-positive deep sternal wound infection are not published. Herein, we present midterm results in patients treated successfully with daptomycin after cardiac surgery.
Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, Göttingen 37099, Germany.
Katharina R
KR
Ort
Fawad A
FA
Jebran
Christian
C
Bireta
Bernhard C
BC
Danner
Ioannis
I
Bougioukas
Friedrich A
FA
Schoendube
Aron F
AF
Popov
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013249:Sternum / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017576:Daptomycin