Management Practices for Methicillin-Resistant

Publication Title

Open Forum Infect Dis

Authors

Natalie Banniettis
Susan E Beekmann
Philip M Polgreen
Shubhi Kaushik
Stephan Kohlhoff
David Gilbert, Providence-Portland Medical Center, Portland, Oregon.Follow
John E Bennett
Margaret R Hammerschlag

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2018

Keywords

GSSA; MRSA; bacteremia; treatment failure; vancomycin

Abstract

To assess current use of vancomycin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, we surveyed adult infectious disease physicians. Most respondents reported personal experience with infections failing to respond to vancomycin despite minimum inhibitory concentration data indicating susceptibility. In a hypothetical case of such an infection, most would change to daptomycin with or without other agents.

Specialty

Infectious Diseases

Specialty

Quality

Recommended Citation

Banniettis, Natalie; Beekmann, Susan E; Polgreen, Philip M; Kaushik, Shubhi; Kohlhoff, Stephan; Gilbert, David; Bennett, John E; and Hammerschlag, Margaret R, "Management Practices for Methicillin-Resistant" (2018). Articles, Abstracts, and Reports. 239.
https://digitalcommons.providence.org/publications/239