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Perioperative daptomycin for prophylaxis of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infection in colonized liver transplant recipients.

Jordan T MakSeung HaSarah PerloffJohn P Knorr
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2023)
Perioperative daptomycin reduced the rate of VRE infections in VRE-colonized LTR within 14 days posttransplant but not at 90 days. Future studies should evaluate if higher doses and/or longer duration of perioperative daptomycin can reduce VRE infections beyond 14 days post-transplant.
Keyphrases
  • methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
  • cardiac surgery
  • patients undergoing
  • staphylococcus aureus
  • acute kidney injury
  • current status
  • escherichia coli