Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery
<p>Abstract</p> <p>We present a case of a 77-year old female who had undergone a coronary artery bypass grafting with an aortic valve replacement and developed three month later a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sternal wound infection which was successful treate...
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| author | Emmert Alexander Mokashi Suyog A Coskun Kasim O Bireta Christian Tirilomis Theodor Schmitto Jan D Popov Aron F Friedrich Martin Wiese Christoph H Schoendube Friedrich A |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>We present a case of a 77-year old female who had undergone a coronary artery bypass grafting with an aortic valve replacement and developed three month later a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sternal wound infection which was successful treated with Daptomycin combined with vacuum-assisted closure (VAC).</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8051009463974672803b7b84317360f02022-12-22T00:09:21ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902010-08-01515710.1186/1749-8090-5-57Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgeryEmmert AlexanderMokashi Suyog ACoskun Kasim OBireta ChristianTirilomis TheodorSchmitto Jan DPopov Aron FFriedrich MartinWiese Christoph HSchoendube Friedrich A<p>Abstract</p> <p>We present a case of a 77-year old female who had undergone a coronary artery bypass grafting with an aortic valve replacement and developed three month later a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sternal wound infection which was successful treated with Daptomycin combined with vacuum-assisted closure (VAC).</p>http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/57 |
| spellingShingle | Emmert Alexander Mokashi Suyog A Coskun Kasim O Bireta Christian Tirilomis Theodor Schmitto Jan D Popov Aron F Friedrich Martin Wiese Christoph H Schoendube Friedrich A Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| title | Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery |
| title_full | Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery |
| title_fullStr | Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery |
| title_short | Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery |
| title_sort | daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery |
| url | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/57 |
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