We report our clinical experience with the use of daptomycin, administered in the dosage of 8 mg/kg/d in 3 minutes, in treating 12 critically ill children younger than 12 years, with bloodstream infections (n = 9) and complicated skin and soft-tissue infections (n = 3). Mean treatment duration was 14 ± 5 days; microbiologic eradication was achieved in all patients, and no drug related adverse events occurred.
Use of Daptomycin in Critically Ill Children with Bloodstream Infections and Complicated Skin and Soft-tissue Infections / Tedeschi, Sara; Tumietto, Fabio; Conti, Matteo; Giannella, Maddalena; Viale, Pierluigi. - In: THE PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. - ISSN 0891-3668. - STAMPA. - 35:2(2016), pp. 180-182. [10.1097/INF.0000000000000962]
Use of Daptomycin in Critically Ill Children with Bloodstream Infections and Complicated Skin and Soft-tissue Infections
TEDESCHI, SARA;TUMIETTO, FABIO;GIANNELLA, MADDALENA;VIALE, PIERLUIGI
2016
Abstract
We report our clinical experience with the use of daptomycin, administered in the dosage of 8 mg/kg/d in 3 minutes, in treating 12 critically ill children younger than 12 years, with bloodstream infections (n = 9) and complicated skin and soft-tissue infections (n = 3). Mean treatment duration was 14 ± 5 days; microbiologic eradication was achieved in all patients, and no drug related adverse events occurred.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
