A Rationale for Combination Ampicillin and Daptomycin in Renal Transplant Patients with Enterococcal Infective Endocarditis

Publication date: Available online 18 October 2018Source: IDCasesAuthor(s): Miriams Teresita Castro-Lainez, Miguel Sierra-Hoffman, Victoria Valladares, Tywaun Tillman, Oscar A. Iznaloa-Esquivel, Alan Howell, Robert Fader, Richard Winn, Chetan JinadathaAbstractTreatment of enterococcal endocarditis in patients with history of renal transplantation is complicated. Treatment failure and/or drug toxicities are not uncommon. Treatment with ampicillin and daptomycin in a renal transplant patient has been rarely reported. Here we report a patient who was successfully treated with this novel combination.
Source: IDCases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research