What is the preferred antibiotic treatment regimen for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis assuming susceptibility to both daptomycin and linezolid?
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What is your preferred antibiotic treatment regimen for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis assuming susceptibility to both daptomycin and linezolid?
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Infectious Disease · University of California, San Francisco
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I would use dapto+ceftaroline or +ampicillin. Linezolid lacks cidal activity so less attractive for that reason.
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