Microbiologic cure was defined as eradication of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in urine cultures taken after the completion of daptomycin treatment. Clinical cure was defined by symptom ...

In addition, evidence is starting to emerge that vancomycin may be the superior treatment altogether ... the use of vancomycin could promote the emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE), a ...

Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according to a new study. Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance ...

Subsequent review of the patient's medication list revealed that the he had been on linezolid for 6 weeks for the treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus fecalis bacteremia. Investigations.

This property may be particularly useful in the treatment of indolent ... usage provided the selective pressure that permitted the development of vancomycin-resistant enterococci that are now found in ...

Presumptive treatment for infection is more prevalent than true sepsis and may lead to overuse of vancomycin with consequent emergence of cross resistance for example, vancomycin resistant enterococci ...

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The study authors say the observed reductions in pathogens like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium indicate ... likely to have severe ...

In light of the scarcity of treatment options for VRE UTI and clinical data related to daptomycin use in this setting, the purpose of this report is to describe the clinical experience with ...

Despite decades of widespread treatment with the antibiotic vancomycin, vancomycin resistance among the bacterium S. aureus is extremely uncommon—only 16 such cases have reported in the U.S. to ...