Usefulness of daptomycin lock therapy in children with catheter-related bacteremia after failed vancomycin lock therapy

• Main Authors: Celia Permuy (Author), Jone Ruiz-Azcárate (Author), Mercedes Sampedro (Author), Cristina Jiménez (Author), Fernando Baquero-Artigao (Author), Cristina Calvo (Author), Ana Méndez-Echevarría (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Purpose Catheter-related bacteremia (CRB) is a significant cause of morbidity, resource expenditure and prolonged hospital stays in patients with long-term catheters, whose numbers have increased considerably in recent years. Antibiotic lock therapy reaches high concentrations in the cathet...