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SUBMITTER: Watanabe S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6898446 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20191206 1
Staphylococcus epidermidis infections are a common occurrence in hospitals, particularly in catheter-related bloodstream and surgical site infections and infective endocarditis. Higher daptomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values may be associated with daptomycin treatment failure among patients with S. epidermidis infections. We therefore conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine the predictive value of daptomycin susceptibility. A retrospective study was undertaken in 1,3 ...[more]