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Long-term use of daptomycin for MRSA osteomyelitis and joint infection.

Burns CA

This case describes almost continual daptomycin use for approximately 18 months in a patient with osteomyelitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The case is notable for only a brief episode of myalgia-associated creatine kinase elevations, which quickly resolved. Daptomycin demonstrated efficacy against this strain, which was tolerant to other antibiotics.

Published 13 September 2007 in Scand J Infect Dis.
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