Management Practices for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia by Adult Infectious Diseases Physicians. (19th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Banniettis, Natalie; Beekmann, Susan E; Polgreen, Philip M; Kaushik, Shubhi; Kohlhoff, Stephan; Gilbert, David; Bennett, John E; Hammerschlag, Margaret R
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 5:Number 5(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-05-19
• Subjects: bacteremia -- GSSA -- MRSA -- treatment failure -- vancomycin; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy093
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: To assess current use of vancomycin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, we surveyed adult infectious disease physicians. Most respondents reported personal experience with infections failing to respond to vancomycin despite minimum inhibitory concentration data indicating susceptibility. In a hypothetical case of such an infection, most would change to daptomycin with or without other agents.