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Do you use combination therapy for persistent MSSA bacteremia?
If yes, which combination(s)?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I don’t think I’ve ever come across a situation where the problem wasn’t source control…
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
A wide variety of combinations have been used (Chastain et al., PMID 36946576), but there is no solid convincing evidence favoring any single one. In addition, there is strong evidence indicating a clinical (as opposed to, perhaps, a microbiological benefit). I have, however, used cefazolin together...
Answer from: at Community Practice
I've done this in a couple of cases when desperate. Excellent comments and references above, including Dr. @Deresinski's mention of the CID 2020 case series.One more single case report to mention: Sakoulas et al., PMID 27572414Cefazolin/Erta likewise successfully cleared persistent MSSA bacteremia a...