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The combination of ceftaroline plus daptomycin allows for therapeutic de-escalation and daptomycin sparing against MRSA.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2015
Barber Katie E, Werth Brian J, Rybak Michael J
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OBJECTIVES: We previously demonstrated that ceftaroline enhances daptomycin against MRSA in vitro. However, prolonged combination therapy is clinically undesirable and possibly unnecessary. The purpose of this study was to determine if this combination could be de-escalated to a single agent without compromising efficacy. METHODS: We investigated the following simulated regimens against two clinical,...
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