Do you use daptomycin interchangeably with staphylococcal beta-lactams for ease of dosing on discharge for patients with serious MSSA infections (endocarditis, bacteremias, etc)?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I don’t use daptomycin interchangeably with antistaphylococcal beta-lactams for serious MSSA infections, and I think doing so routinely is a mistake. For invasive diseases like endocarditis, prolonged or complicated bacteremia, and deep-seated foci of infection, the outcome data consistently f...