Successful treatment of <em>Staphylococcus haemolyticus</em> endocarditis in extremely premature baby with daptomycin

• Main Authors: Suzan Suhail Asfour (Author), Fahad Aljobair (Author), Ibrahim Hammami (Author), Adli Abdelrahim (Author), Mountasser M. Al-Mouqdad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Daptomycin is a novel lipopeptide antibiotic with rapid activity against Gram-positive bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative Staphylococci, and Enterococci. We are reporting the first case of successfully using daptomycin to treat infective endocarditis i...