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Do you ever initiate daptomycin plus an anti-MRSA cephalosporin as upfront combination therapy in a patient with MRSA bacteremia and an endovascular source?

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Infectious Disease · UT Southwestern School of Medicine

I do not typically add an anti-MRSA cephalosporin in combination therapy with daptomycin up front, regardless of the source of infection. I may add that if there is a lack of clearance of bacteremia, but often this is more due to source control issues rather than antimicrobial failure, in my opinion...

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