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ReviewInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2013

Treatment considerations in vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia: daptomycin or linezolid? A review.

Bhavarth S Shukla, Timothy P Gauthier, Ricardo Correa, Laura Smith, Lilian Abbo

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Review in International journal of clinical pharmacy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bhavarth S ShuklaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1611 NW 12th Avenue, Central Building, Room 600D (R-60), Miami, FL, 33136, USA, bshukla@alum.emory.edu.
Timothy P Gauthier
Ricardo Correa
Laura Smith
Lilian Abbo
Jackson Memorial Hospital · USUniversity of Miami · USNova Southeastern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVancomycin resistant enterococcal bloodstream infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. AIM OF THE REVIEW: A search of the literature was undertaken to determine the optimal antimicrobial therapy for the management of vancomycin resistant enterococcal bloodstream infections.

methodMEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library (unrestricted to time or language) were searched for studies of vancomycin resistant enterococcal bloodstream infections in adults reporting outcomes of direct comparisons of linezolid versus daptomycin on November 26, 2012. Studies of basic science, reviews, commentaries, pharmacologic, epidemiologic, or pediatric studies, and those studies examining conditions other than enterococcal bacteremia, a single antimicrobial agent or other antimicrobials were excluded.

results226 studies were screened for eligibility and yielded eight studies evaluating a total of 807 patients. Inter-rater agreement was 100 %. Qualitative evaluation of the studies was performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. No randomized controlled trials were identified. All studies were retrospective cohorts and non-randomized. 458 (57 %) patients treated with linezolid and 349 (43 %) with daptomycin were analyzed. Variable comorbidities and severity of illness were described in the included studies and reported here for comparison.

conclusionThe optimal treatment of vancomycin resistant enterococcal bloodstream infections is yet to be determined. Well-designed prospective studies are needed to lend more convincing evidence regarding choice of antimicrobial therapy for this important multidrug resistant organism.

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Vancomycin ResistanceAcetamidesAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiaDaptomycinEnterococcusGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHumansLinezolidOxazolidinonesAcetamidesAnti-Bacterial AgentsDaptomycinLinezolidOxazolidinones

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PMID23893061
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