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Dalbavancin as long-term suppressive therapy for patients with Gram-positive bacteremia due to an intravascular source – a series of four cases
Hitzenbichler, Florian
, Mohr, Arno, Camboni, Daniele, Simon, Michaela, Salzberger, Bernd and Hanses, Frank
(2021)
Dalbavancin as long-term suppressive therapy for patients with Gram-positive bacteremia due to an intravascular source – a series of four cases.
Infection 49, pp. 181-186.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 04 Feb 2021 14:19
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.44749
Abstract
We present four cases with Gram-positive bacteremia (pathogens: MRSAn = 1, Enterococcusspp.n = 3) due to an intravascular source (left ventricular assist device:n = 2, transfemoral aortic valve implantationn = 1, prosthetic aortic valve:n = 1) where no curative treatment was available. These patients received indefinite, chronic suppressive (palliative) therapy with dalbavancin (500 mg weekly or ...
We present four cases with Gram-positive bacteremia (pathogens: MRSAn = 1, Enterococcusspp.n = 3) due to an intravascular source (left ventricular assist device:n = 2, transfemoral aortic valve implantationn = 1, prosthetic aortic valve:n = 1) where no curative treatment was available. These patients received indefinite, chronic suppressive (palliative) therapy with dalbavancin (500 mg weekly or 1000 mg biweekly regimens). Outcomes and clinical characteristics are described; treatment was effective in suppression of bacteremia in all patients over several months (range: 1 to more than 12 months), we observed no relevant side effects.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Infection | ||||
| Publisher: | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | ||||
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| Place of Publication: | HEIDELBERG | ||||
| Volume: | 49 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 181-186 | ||||
| Date | 2021 | ||||
| Institutions | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Herz-, Thorax- und herznahe Gefäßchirurgie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin | ||||
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| Keywords | SKIN; Dalbavancin; Bacteremia; Intravascular infection; Suppressive therapy; LVAD; Endocarditis | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-447490 | ||||
| Item ID | 44749 |
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