Is empiric daptomycin effective in reducing mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia? A real-life experience.
Infectious Diseases Division, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy. mattba@tin.it.|Clinica Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Piazzale Santa Maria della Misericordia 15, 33100, Udine, Italy. mattba@tin.it.
Matteo
M
Bassetti
Department of Health Sciences, IRCCS San Martino IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Filippo
F
Ansaldi
Department of Health Sciences, IRCCS San Martino IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Daniela
D
De Florentiis
Infectious Diseases Division, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Elda
E
Righi
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy.
Federico
F
Pea
Microbiology Unit, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Assunta
A
Sartor
Microbiology Unit, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Claudio
C
Scarparo
Infectious Diseases Division, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Alessia
A
Carnelutti
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D015897:Comorbidity; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017576:Daptomycin