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Cottagnoud P, Sprenker F, Cottagnoud M, Collaud A, Ashkbus R, Perreten V. Addition of daptomycin to levofloxacin increased the efficacy of levofloxacin monotherapy against a methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain in experimental meningitis and prevented development of resistance in vitro. J Med Microbiol 2022; 71. [PMID: 35108179 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction. Daptomycin and levofloxacin were tested as monotherapies and in combination against the antibiotic-susceptible
S. aureus
strain MSSA 1112 in a rabbit meningitis model and the effect of the combination on induction of resistance was determined in vitro.
Hypothesis/Gap Statement. Treatment combination might be more efficacious than the monotherapies regarding antibacterial efficacy in vivo and development of resistance.
Aim. To demonstrate a synergy of the antibiotic combination daptomycin and levofloxacin in experimental meningitis, and also its ability to reduce the emergence of resistance against the antibiotics in vitro.
Methodology. Changes of the susceptibility to fluoroquinolones and daptomycin were determined by the measurement of the MIC and mutations were detected by whole genome sequence comparison of the mutants with the parent strain MSSA 1112. Meningitis was induced by intracisternal inoculation of 105 c.f.u. (colony forming unit) of MSSA 1112 and treatment was started 10 h later by injection of daptomycin (15 mg kg−1) and levofloxacin (10 mg kg−1) standard doses. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were repeatedly collected during therapy in order to determine killing rates and results of bactericidal activity were expressed in Δlog10c.f.u. ml-1 over 8 h.
Results. The combination of daptomycin with levofloxacin was significantly (P<0.001) superior to levofloxacin monotherapy and increased the antibacterial activity of daptomycin. In vitro, MSSA 1112 was cycled over 6 days with either increasing concentrations of levofloxacin or daptomycin or with a combination of levofloxacin with half of the MIC of daptomycin or daptomycin with half of the MIC of levofloxacin leading to mutations in target genes as identified by whole genome sequence analysis. Addition of low concentration of daptomycin (0.25 mg l−1) reduced levofloxacin-induced resistance in vitro. Addition of levofloxacin in low concentration (0.125 mg l−1) did not influence daptomycin-induced resistance.
Conclusion. These findings highlight the lack of reciprocal interference of antibiotics in combination with regard to the development of resistance.
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- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Bhatt M, Gupta N, Soneja M, DAS US, Thirumurthy V, Biswas A. Infective Endocarditis Following Chicken Pox: A Rare Association. Kurume Med J 2021; 66:127-133. [PMID: 34135199 DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.ms662004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A 38-year old immunocompetent male presented to us with chicken pox complicated by development of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and left-sided native valve endocarditis due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This was further complicated by embolization to various vital organs including the brain. The patient was treated with vancomycin for four weeks but did not respond to the treatment. We present this case to highlight the rare complications associated with chicken pox and the challenges faced in management of such a case.
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- Manasvini Bhatt
- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmacy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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Mermer S, Turhan T, Bolat E, Aydemir S, Yamazhan T, Pullukcu H, Arda B, Sipahi H, Ulusoy S, Sipahi OR. Ceftaroline versus vancomycin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an experimental MRSA meningitis model. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2020; 22:147-151. [PMID: 32068093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare the antibacterial activity of ceftaroline versus vancomycin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis in an experimental rabbit meningitis model. METHODS The antibacterial activity of ceftaroline was compared with vancomycin in the treatment of meningitis induced by MRSA strain ATCC 43300 in an experimental rabbit meningitis model. Quantitative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures were performed at the beginning of antibiotic treatment and 24h and 73h after the first antibiotic dose. Furthermore, in vitro time-kill data were investigated at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24h in sterile human serum. RESULTS The difference between the control group versus both treatment groups was significant when comparing the decrease in colony counts in CSF both at 24h and 73h after the first antibiotic dose (P<0.05). At the end of the experiment, there was a significant difference in survival between both the ceftaroline-treated group and the vancomycin-treated group versus the control group, but not between the two treatment groups. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the antibacterial activity of both ceftaroline and vancomycin are similar in the treatment of MRSA meningitis in an experimental rabbit meningitis model.
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- Sinan Mermer
- Cine State Hospital, Aydin, Turkey; Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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Principi N, Esposito S. Bacterial meningitis: new treatment options to reduce the risk of brain damage. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2019; 21:97-105. [PMID: 31675255 DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2019.1685497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Introduction: Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a medical emergency and its etiology varies according to the age group and geographic area. Studies have shown that brain damage, sequelae and neuropsychological deficits depend not only on the direct deleterious action of the pathogens, but also on the host defenses themselves.Areas covered: Corticosteroids (CS) were the first drugs used with the intent to limit the exaggerated host response. However, as steroid addition to antibiotics is frequently unsatisfactory, other measures have been suggested. In this study, the most important adjuvant therapies that are potentially useful to limit the neuropsychological damage of BM are discussed.Expert opinion: The pathophysiological mechanisms leading to the development of brain damage are not completely defined. Moreover, the efficacy of adjuvant therapies can vary according to the aetiologic cause of BM, and differences in immune system function of the host can play a relevant role in the expression of inflammation and related problems. It is likely that none of the measures with demonstrated efficacy in animal models can be translated into clinical practice in the next few years, suggesting that to reduce the total burden of BM, the increased use of vaccines seems to be the best solution.
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- Nicola Principi
- Emeritus of Pediatrics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Pietro Barilla Children's Hospital, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Combining Ceftriaxone with Doxycycline and Daptomycin Reduces Mortality, Neuroinflammation, Brain Damage, and Hearing Loss in Infant Rat Pneumococcal Meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019; 63:AAC.00220-19. [PMID: 31061158 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00220-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Despite appropriate antibiotic therapy, pneumococcal meningitis (PM) is associated with a case fatality rate of up to 30% in high-income countries. Survivors often suffer from severe lifelong disabilities. An excessive inflammatory reaction drives the pathophysiology, leading to brain damage and neurologic sequelae. We aimed to improve the outcome of experimental PM by simultaneously targeting different pathophysiological mechanisms with combined adjunctive therapies previously shown to be neuroprotective. In vitro, the anti-inflammatory effects of doxycycline and daptomycin were evaluated on primary rat astroglial cells stimulated with Streptococcus pneumoniae Eleven-day-old infant Wistar rats were infected intracisternally with S. pneumoniae and randomized for treatment with ceftriaxone or combination adjuvant therapy consisting of ceftriaxone, daptomycin, and doxycycline. During acute PM, combined-adjuvant therapy with ceftriaxone, daptomycin, and doxycycline increased the survival rate from 64.1% to 85.8% (P < 0.01) and alleviated weight loss compared to ceftriaxone monotherapy (P < 0.01). Levels of inflammatory cytokines were significantly reduced by combined-adjuvant therapy in vitro (P < 0.0001) and in cerebrospinal fluid in vivo (P < 0.05). In infected animals treated with combined adjunctive therapy, cortical damage was significantly reduced (P < 0.05), and animals showed a trend toward better hearing capacity 3 weeks after the infection (P = 0.089), an effect which was significant in mildly infected animals (48 decibels [dB] versus 67.22 dB; P < 0.05). These mildly infected animals showed significantly reduced cochlear fibrous occlusion (P < 0.01). By combining nonbacteriolytic daptomycin and anti-inflammatory doxycycline with ceftriaxone, the previously reported beneficial effects of the drugs were cumulated and identified the triple-antibiotic therapy as a promising therapeutic option for pediatric PM.
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Klein M, Höhne C, Angele B, Högen T, Pfister HW, Tüfekci H, Koedel U. Adjuvant non-bacteriolytic and anti-inflammatory combination therapy in pneumococcal meningitis: an investigation in a mouse model. Clin Microbiol Infect 2018; 25:108.e9-108.e15. [PMID: 29649601 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Therapy with antibiotics, dexamethasone, and supportive intensive care has improved the prognosis of pneumococcal meningitis, but mortality remains high. Here, we investigated an adjunctive combination therapy of the non-bacteriolytic antibiotic daptomycin plus several anti-inflammatory agents to identify the currently most promising adjunctive combination therapy for pneumococcal meningitis. METHODS C57BL/6 mice were infected by injection of pneumococci into the cisterna magna. Treatment was begun 21 h after infection, and consisted of ceftriaxone plus (a) dexamethasone, (b) dexamethasone plus daptomycin, (c) daptomycin, (d) daptomycin plus an anti-IL1 antibody, (e) daptomycin plus roscovitine, or (f) daptomycin plus an anti-C5 antibody. Animals were followed until 45 h after infection. Furthermore, adjunctive daptomycin plus anti-C5 antibodies were assessed in a long-term follow-up. RESULTS Adjunctive treatment with daptomycin and an anti-C5 antibody was superior to adjunctive dexamethasone and reduced disease symptoms (clinical score 1.1 ± 1.1 versus 5.0 ± 2.7, p < 0.0083), improved explorative activity (open field test 17.8 ± 8.2 versus 7.4 ± 4.3 crossed fields/2 minutes, p < 0.0083), and reduced hearing impairment (thresholds for click stimulus 96.1 ± 14.7 versus 114.8 ± 9.3 dB SPL, p < 0.0083) in the acute stage. Furthermore, explorative activity (14.4 ± 7.3 crossed fields/2 minutes versus 6.3 ± 7.2, p < 0.05) and cognitive function (t-maze test, exploration time previously unknown alley 72.4 ± 14.3 versus 48.7 ± 25.6%, p < 0.05) was improved at 2 weeks after infection. Treatment with daptomycin plus an anti-IL-1β antibody or roscovitine was not of significant benefit in comparison to adjunctive therapy with dexamethasone. CONCLUSIONS An adjunctive combination of the non-lytic antibiotic daptomycin plus an anti-C5 antibody was superior to standard therapy with adjunctive dexamethasone in the treatment of pneumococcal meningitis.
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- M Klein
- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, Germany
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Concia E, Viscoli C, Del Bono V, Giannella M, Bassetti M, De Rosa GF, Durante Mangoni E, Esposito S, Giusti M, Grossi P, Menichetti F, Pea F, Petrosillo N, Tumbarello M, Stefani S, Venditti M, Viale P. The current role of glycopeptides in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in not neutropenic adults: the viewpoint of a group of Italian experts. J Chemother 2018; 30:157-171. [PMID: 29380676 DOI: 10.1080/1120009x.2017.1420610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Staphylococcus aureus is still an important problem in clinical and therapeutic area, worldwide. In Italy, in recent years, methicillin resistance remained stable, yet considerably high, the percentage of strains of MRSA being around 40%. It was deemed interesting and timely to carry out a consensus conference using the RAND/UCLA method to collect the opinion of a group of experts in infectious diseases on the role of glycopeptides in the management of MRSA infections within several clinical scenarios and namely in pneumonia, bacteremia and endocarditis, joint replacement infections, skin and soft tissue infections, diabetic foot, abdominal infections and central nervous system infections. The scenarios proposed by the Scientific Committee have been validated by a group of experts in infectious diseases and then voted in three meetings of infectious disease specialists. The results obtained on each individual condition were analyzed and therapeutic recommendations on each of these were released.
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- Ercole Concia
- a Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy - Dipartimento Diagnostica e Sanità Pubblica - Sezione Malattie Infettive
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- b A.O.U. IRCCS San Martino/Università degli Studi, Genova, Italy - Clinica delle Malattie Infettive
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- b A.O.U. IRCCS San Martino/Università degli Studi, Genova, Italy - Clinica delle Malattie Infettive
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- c Università degli Studi di Bologna/Ospedale Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy - Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Settore Malattie Infettive
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- d A.O.U. Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy - Clinica di Malattie Infettive (Bassetti), Istituto di Farmacologia Clinica (Pea)
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- g Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria "Scuola Medica Salernitana"
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- h A.O. San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, Italy - Reparto di Medicina Interna A
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- i Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy - Dipartimento di Medicina Interna - Malattie infettive e tropicali
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- j A.O.U. Pisana, Pisa, Italy - Direttore di Unità Operativa - U.O. Malattie Infettive
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- d A.O.U. Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy - Clinica di Malattie Infettive (Bassetti), Istituto di Farmacologia Clinica (Pea)
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- k Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive "Lazzaro Spallanzani", Roma, Italy - U.O.C. Infezioni Sistemiche e dell'Immunodepresso
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- l Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy - Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Clinica delle Malattie Infettive
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- m Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy - Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologiche
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- n Università "La Sapienza"/A.O. Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy - Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive
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- c Università degli Studi di Bologna/Ospedale Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy - Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Settore Malattie Infettive
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Nau R, Djukic M, Spreer A, Ribes S, Eiffert H. Bacterial meningitis: an update of new treatment options. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2015; 13:1401-23. [DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2015.1077700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tong SYC, Davis JS, Eichenberger E, Holland TL, Fowler VG. Staphylococcus aureus infections: epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management. Clin Microbiol Rev 2015; 28:603-61. [PMID: 26016486 PMCID: PMC4451395 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00134-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2807] [Impact Index Per Article: 311.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as osteoarticular, skin and soft tissue, pleuropulmonary, and device-related infections. This review comprehensively covers the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of each of these clinical entities. The past 2 decades have witnessed two clear shifts in the epidemiology of S. aureus infections: first, a growing number of health care-associated infections, particularly seen in infective endocarditis and prosthetic device infections, and second, an epidemic of community-associated skin and soft tissue infections driven by strains with certain virulence factors and resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. In reviewing the literature to support management strategies for these clinical manifestations, we also highlight the paucity of high-quality evidence for many key clinical questions.
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- Steven Y C Tong
- Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Liechti FD, Grandgirard D, Leib SL. Bacterial meningitis: insights into pathogenesis and evaluation of new treatment options: a perspective from experimental studies. Future Microbiol 2015; 10:1195-213. [PMID: 26119836 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.15.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bacterial meningitis is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. Bacterial components induce an overshooting inflammatory reaction, eventually leading to brain damage. Pathological correlates of neurofunctional deficits include cortical necrosis, damage of the inner ear and hippocampal apoptosis. The hippocampal dentate gyrus is important for memory acquisition and harbors a neuronal stem cell niche, thus being potentially well equipped for regeneration. Adjuvant therapies aimed at decreasing the inflammatory reaction, for example, dexamethasone, and those protecting the brain from injury have been evaluated in animal models of the disease. They include nonbacteriolytic antibiotics (e.g., daptomycin), metalloproteinase inhibitors and modulators of the immunological response, for example, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Increasing research interest has recently been focused on interventions aimed at supporting regenerative processes.
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- Fabian D Liechti
- Neuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Friedbühlstr. 51, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Neuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Friedbühlstr. 51, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Neuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Friedbühlstr. 51, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.,Biology Division, Spiez Laboratory, Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection, Austrasse, CH-3700 Spiez, Switzerland
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Balouch MA, Bajwa RJ, Hassoun A. Successful use of ceftaroline for the treatment of MRSA meningitis secondary to an infectious complication of lumbar spine surgery. J Antimicrob Chemother 2015; 70:624-5. [PMID: 25274007 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Muhammad Adnan Balouch
- North Alabama Hospitalist Group, Department of Internal Medicine, Huntsville Hospital, 201 Sivley Road, Suite 500, Huntsville, AL 35801, USA
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- North Alabama Hospitalist Group, Department of Internal Medicine, Huntsville Hospital, 201 Sivley Road, Suite 500, Huntsville, AL 35801, USA
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- Alabama Infectious Disease Center, 420 Lowell Drive, Suite 301, Huntsville, AL 35801, USA
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Bardak-Ozcem S, Sipahi OR. An updated approach to healthcare-associated meningitis. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014; 12:333-42. [PMID: 24512210 DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.890049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Among hospital-associated infections, healthcare-associated central nervous system infections are quite important because of high morbidity and mortality rates. The causative agents of healthcare-associated meningitis differ according to the status of immune systems and underlying diseases. The most frequent agents are Gram-negative bacilli (Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae) and Gram-positive cocci (Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci). There are currently several problems in the treatment strategies of healthcare-associated meningitis due to a globally increasing resistance problem. Strategies targeting multidrug-resistant pathogens are especially limited. This review focuses on healthcare-associated meningitis and the current treatment strategies with a particular focus on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis.
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- Selin Bardak-Ozcem
- Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Clinic, Dr. Burhan Nalbantoglu State Hospital, Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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Tan YC, Gill AK, Kim KS. Treatment strategies for central nervous system infections: an update. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2014; 16:187-203. [PMID: 25328149 DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2015.973851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Central nervous system infection continues to be an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Our incomplete knowledge on the pathogenesis of how meningitis-causing pathogens cause CNS infection and emergence of antimicrobial resistance has contributed to the mortality and morbidity. An early empiric antibiotic treatment is critical for the management of patients with bacterial meningitis, but early recognition of bacterial meningitis continues to be a challenge. AREAS COVERED This review gives an overview on current therapeutic strategies for CNS infection with a focus on recent literature since 2010 on bacterial meningitis. Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency, requiring early recognition and treatment. The selection of appropriate empiric antimicrobial regimen, after incorporating the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis, impact of vaccination, emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, role of adjunctive therapy and the current knowledge on the pathogenesis of meningitis and associated neuronal injury are covered. EXPERT OPINION Prompt treatment of bacterial meningitis with an appropriate antibiotic is essential. Optimal antimicrobial treatment of bacterial meningitis requires bactericidal agents able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, with efficacy in cerebrospinal fluid. Emergence of CNS-infecting pathogens with resistance to conventional antibiotics has been increasingly recognized, but development of new antibiotics has been limited. More complete understanding of the microbial and host factors that are involved in the pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis and associated neurologic sequelae is likely to help in developing new strategies for the prevention and therapy of bacterial meningitis.
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- Ying Ching Tan
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases , 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287 , USA
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Cabellos C, Garrigós C, Taberner F, Force E, Pachón-Ibañez ME. Experimental study of the efficacy of linezolid alone and in combinations against experimental meningitis due to Staphylococcus aureus strains with decreased susceptibility to beta-lactams and glycopeptides. J Infect Chemother 2014; 20:563-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Denetclaw TH, Suehiro I, Wang PK, Tolliver GL. Successful treatment of ventriculostomy-associated meningitis caused by multidrug resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis using low-volume intrathecal daptomycin and loading strategy. Ann Pharmacother 2014; 48:1376-9. [PMID: 24994724 DOI: 10.1177/1060028014542634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To report successful use of low-volume intrathecal (IT) daptomycin and loading strategy for the treatment of ventriculostomy-associated meningitis. CASE SUMMARY A 23-year-old man with a history of multiple ventriculoperitoneal shunt revisions resulting from multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis shunt infection presented with meningitis despite suppressive antibiotic therapy. After source control surgery, the patient improved with intravenous daptomycin plus IT vancomycin. Then, 4 days later, significant ventriculostomy output occurred, and the S epidermidis was confirmed to be intermediately sensitive to vancomycin (MIC = 8 µg/mL) and susceptible to daptomycin (MIC = 2 µg/mL). IT vancomycin was changed to IT daptomycin 5 mg in 3 mL normal saline (NS) every 24 hours for 3 days, then every 72 hours for 18 days. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was sterile after 1 day of IT daptomycin and remained so. Creatine kinase remained normal throughout the course of treatment. The patient was discharged on hospital day 50 without antibiotics. DISCUSSION IT daptomycin has been reported for adult doses ranging from 5 to 10 mg once every 24 to 72 hours in volumes ranging from 5 to 10 mL; drug accumulation has been seen after the third dose of once every 24 hours dosing, and delayed improvement has been seen with once every 72 hours dosing. We planned for rapid load and CSF sterilization and extended the dosing interval once drug accumulation was expected to have occurred. CONCLUSIONS IT daptomycin 5 mg diluted to 3 mL in NS and dosed in a loading strategy was effective and without adverse sequelae.
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Shoji T, Hirai Y, Osawa M, Totsuka K. Cefazolin therapy for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in Japan. J Infect Chemother 2014; 20:175-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2013.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Nau R, Djukic M, Spreer A, Eiffert H. Bacterial meningitis: new therapeutic approaches. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2013; 11:1079-95. [PMID: 24073921 DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2013.839381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bacterial meningitis remains a disease with high mortality and long-term morbidity. Outcome critically depends on the rapid initiation of effective antibiotic therapy. Since a further increase of the incidence of pathogens resistant to antibacterials can be expected both in community-acquired and nosocomial bacterial meningitis, the choice of an optimum initial empirical antibiotic regimen will gain significance. In this context, the use of antibiotics which are bactericidal but do not lyse bacteria, may emerge as a therapeutic option. Conversely, the role of corticosteroids, which decrease the entry of hydrophilic antibacterials into the cerebrospinal fluid, as adjunctive therapy will probably decline as a consequence of the increasing antibiotic resistance of bacteria causing meningitis. Consequent vaccination of all children at present is the most efficient manner to reduce disease burden.
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- Roland Nau
- Department of Geriatrics, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Göttingen-Weende, An der Lutter 24, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Barichello T, Gonçalves JCN, Generoso JS, Milioli GL, Silvestre C, Costa CS, Coelho JDR, Comim CM, Quevedo J. Attenuation of cognitive impairment by the nonbacteriolytic antibiotic daptomycin in Wistar rats submitted to pneumococcal meningitis. BMC Neurosci 2013; 14:42. [PMID: 23548182 PMCID: PMC3616840 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is associated with neurologic sequels, such as, seizures, sensory-motor deficits, hearing loss, learning and memory impairment, which can occur in approximately 30 to 52% of surviving patients. Neuronal damage can be caused by intense inflammatory reaction and direct effects of the bacteria virulence factors. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of the nonbacteriolytic antibiotic daptomycin versus ceftriaxone on behavioral parameters in adult Wistar rats submitted to pneumococcal meningitis. Results Ten days after induction we verified that the meningitis group with daptomycin treatment showed retention of aversive memory; it presented memory of the object recognition at short term and long term. In continuous multiple-trials step-down inhibitory avoidance task the meningitis group with ceftriaxone treatment required approximately two times more stimulus to reach the acquisition criterion when compared with meningitis group with daptomycin treatment. However, in the habituation memory test there were no differences in the number of crossings and rearings in training and task sessions demonstrating habituation impairment to the environment task in both meningitis groups. Conclusions The evidence of the present study shows the potential alternative of the treatment with daptomycin in preventing learning and memory impairments caused by pneumococcal meningitis. Further investigations are necessary to provide support for evaluation of daptomycin as an alternative treatment of bacterial meningitis.
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- Tatiana Barichello
- Laboratório de Microbiologia Experimental, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Unidade Acadêmica de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, SC, Brazil.
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The adequate management of central nervous system (CNS) infections requires that antimicrobial agents penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and achieve concentrations in the CNS adequate for eradication of the infecting pathogen. This review details the currently available literature on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of antibacterials in the CNS of children. Clinical trials affirm that the physicochemical properties of a drug remain one of the most important factors dictating penetration of antimicrobial agents into the CNS, irrespective of the population being treated (i.e. small, lipophilic drugs with low protein binding exhibit the best translocation across the BBB). These same physicochemical characteristics determine the primary disposition pathways of the drug, and by extension the magnitude and duration of circulating drug concentrations in the plasma, a second major driving force behind achievable CNS drug concentrations. Notably, these disposition pathways can be expected to change during the normal process of growth and development. Finally, CNS drug penetration is influenced by the nature and extent of the infection (i.e. the presence of meningeal inflammation). Aminoglycosides have poor CNS penetration when administered intravenously. Intrathecal gentamicin has been studied in children with more promising results, often exceeding the minimum inhibitory concentration. There are very limited data with intrathecal tobramycin in children. However, in the few patients that have been studied, the CSF concentrations were highly variable. Penicillins generally have good CNS penetration. Aqueous penicillin G reaches greater concentrations than procaine or benzathine penicillin. Concentrations remain detectable for ≥ 12 h. Of the aminopenicillins, both ampicillin and parenteral amoxicillin reach adequate CNS concentrations; however, orally administered amoxicillin resulted in much lower concentrations. Nafcillin and piperacillin are the final two penicillins with pediatric data: their penetration is erratic at best. Cephalosporins vary greatly in regard to their CSF penetration. Few first- and second-generation cephalosporins are able to reach higher CSF concentrations. Cefuroxime is the only exception and is usually avoided due to its adverse effects and slower sterilization of the CSF than third-generation agents. Ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, cefixime and cefepime have been studied in children and are all able to adequately penetrate the CSF. As with penicillins, concentrations are greatest in the presence of meningeal inflammation. Meropenem and imipenem are the only carbapenems with pediatric data. Imipenem reaches higher CSF concentrations; however, meropenem is preferred due to its lower incidence of seizures. Aztreonam has also demonstrated favorable penetration but only one study has been completed in children. Both chloramphenicol and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (cotrimoxazole) penetrate into the CNS well; however, significant toxicities limit their use. The small size and minimal protein binding of fosfomycin contribute to its favorable CNS PK. Although rarely used, it achieves higher concentrations in the presence of inflammation and accumulation is possible. Linezolid reaches high CSF concentrations; however, more frequent dosing might be required in infants due to their increased elimination. Metronidazole also has very limited information but it demonstrated favorable results similar to adult data; CSF concentrations even exceeded plasma concentrations at certain time points. Rifampin (rifampicin) demonstrated good CNS penetration after oral administration. Vancomycin demonstrates poor CNS penetration after intravenous administration. When combined with intraventricular therapy, CNS concentrations are much greater. Of the antituberculosis agents, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and streptomycin have been studied in children. Isoniazid and pyrazinamide have favorable CSF penetration. Streptomycin appears to produce unpredictable CSF levels. No pediatric-specific data are available for clindamycin, daptomycin, macrolides, tetracyclines, and fluoroquinolones. Daptomycin, fluoroquinolones, and tetracyclines have demonstrated favorable CNS penetration in adults; however, data are limited due to their potential pediatric-specific toxicities and newness within the marketplace. Macrolides and clindamycin have demonstrated poor CNS penetration in adults and thus have not been studied in pediatrics.
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Vena A, Falcone M, Comandini E, Meledandri M, Novelli A, Campanile F, Stefani S, Venditti M. Daptomycin plus trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole combination therapy in post-neurosurgical meningitis caused by linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2013; 76:99-102. [PMID: 23453066 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Post-neurosurgical infection is a serious complication that occurs in approx. 4% of all patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates and prolonged length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), especially methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE), are the most frequent pathogens involved in CNS post-neurosurgical meningitis. Treatment is challenging especially in patients with meningitis due to multidrug- resistant (MDR) CONS. Herein, we report a unique case of post-neurosurgical meningitis due to MRSE resistant to linezolid (a molecular analysis revealed the presence of the mutation G2576T on domain V of the 23S rRNA gene) and with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides, successfully treated with a combination of daptomycin at 10 mg/kg daily plus trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX). This antibiotic combination showed an indifferent interaction in in vitro studies. Daptomycin serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations, determined through blood and CSF samples drawn just prior to and 4 h after the third dose, were 18.9-0.78 and 51.65-3.1 mg/L, respectively. These values allowed us to approximate a 5-6% penetration rate of the drug through an inflamed blood-brain barrier. In conclusion, although further studies are needed, combination of high-dose daptomycin plus TMP/SMX is a reasonable option for treatment of meningitis caused by multidrug-resistant S. epidermidis.
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- Antonio Vena
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Daptomycin versus vancomycin in treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in an experimental rabbit model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:1556-8. [PMID: 23318792 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01996-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, we aimed to compare the antibacterial activities of daptomycin and vancomycin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis (induced by MRSA strain ATCC 43300) in an experimental rabbit meningitis model. After an 8-h period of treatment, bacterial counts decreased significantly in both treatment groups compared to the control group (P < 0.05). However, there was no statistically significant difference between treatment groups. Our results suggest that the antibacterial activity of daptomycin is similar to vancomycin for treatment in the experimental MRSA meningitis model in rabbits.
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Successful Use of Intrathecal Daptomycin to Treat Meningitis Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium. INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 2012. [DOI: 10.1097/ipc.0b013e3182506d8f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Knoll BM, Hellmann M, Kotton CN. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningitis in adults: Case series and review of the literature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 45:131-9. [DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.717711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Taglietti F, Campanile F, Capone A, Di Caro A, Grilli E, Stazi G, Bertuccio T, Petrosillo N, Stefani S. Daptomycin efficacy in the central nervous system of a patient with disseminated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2012; 6:264. [PMID: 22938025 PMCID: PMC3470956 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Staphylococcus aureus has emerged as a major nosocomial pathogen in the last decades and also represents the second most common pathogen isolated from patients in outpatient settings. Although methicillin-resistant S.aureus infections were traditionally limited to hospitals, community-associated cases of methicillin-resistant S.aureus infections have been reported. In our case, we observed an unexpected event during treatment. CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old Caucasian man developed fever and multiple muscle and brain abscesses caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-negative community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus. CONCLUSION Although our patient was given antimicrobials active against the isolated methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain, it was only after the introduction of daptomycin that his skin, soft tissue and muscle lesions and also brain manifestations improved.
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- Fabrizio Taglietti
- Second Infectious Diseases Division, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "LazzaroSpallanzani", Via Portuense, 292-00149, Rome, Italy.
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Adjunctive daptomycin attenuates brain damage and hearing loss more efficiently than rifampin in infant rat pneumococcal meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 56:4289-95. [PMID: 22644021 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00674-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Exacerbation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inflammation in response to bacteriolysis by beta-lactam antibiotics contributes to brain damage and neurological sequelae in bacterial meningitis. Daptomycin, a nonlytic antibiotic acting on Gram-positive bacteria, lessens inflammation and brain injury compared to ceftriaxone. With a view to a clinical application for pediatric bacterial meningitis, we investigated the effect of combining daptomycin or rifampin with ceftriaxone in an infant rat pneumococcal meningitis model. Eleven-day-old Wistar rats with pneumococcal meningitis were randomized to treatment starting at 18 h after infection with (i) ceftriaxone (100 mg/kg of body weight, subcutaneously [s.c.], twice a day [b.i.d.]), (ii) daptomycin (10 mg/kg, s.c., daily) followed 15 min later by ceftriaxone, or (iii) rifampin (20 mg/kg, intraperitoneally [i.p.], b.i.d.) followed 15 min later by ceftriaxone. CSF was sampled at 6 and 22 h after the initiation of therapy and was assessed for concentrations of defined chemokines and cytokines. Brain damage was quantified by histomorphometry at 40 h after infection and hearing loss was assessed at 3 weeks after infection. Daptomycin plus ceftriaxone versus ceftriaxone significantly (P < 0.04) lowered CSF concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), MIP-1α, and interleukin 6 (IL-6) at 6 h and MIP-1α, IL-6, and IL-10 at 22 h after initiation of therapy, led to significantly (P < 0.01) less apoptosis, and significantly (P < 0.01) improved hearing capacity. While rifampin plus ceftriaxone versus ceftriaxone also led to lower CSF inflammation (P < 0.02 for IL-6 at 6 h), it had no significant effect on apoptosis and hearing capacity. Adjuvant daptomycin could therefore offer added benefits for the treatment of pediatric pneumococcal meningitis.
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Wahby KA, Alangaden GJ. Daptomycin failure in a neutropenic leukemia patient with Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. Leuk Lymphoma 2012; 53:1610-2. [PMID: 22390617 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.661051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Bacterial Meningitis in Adults in Korea. Infect Chemother 2012. [DOI: 10.3947/ic.2012.44.3.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rivera AM, Boucher HW. Current concepts in antimicrobial therapy against select gram-positive organisms: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, penicillin-resistant pneumococci, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Mayo Clin Proc 2011; 86:1230-43. [PMID: 22134942 PMCID: PMC3228624 DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2011.0514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Gram-positive bacteria cause a broad spectrum of disease in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. Despite increasing knowledge about resistance transmission patterns and new antibiotics, these organisms continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially in the health care setting. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus poses major problems worldwide as a cause of nosocomial infection and has emerged as a cause of community-acquired infections. This change in epidemiology affects choices of empirical antibiotics for skin and skin-structure infections and community-acquired pneumonia in many settings. Throughout the world, the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections caused by penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae has been complicated by resistance to β-lactam and macrolide antibacterial drugs. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci are a major cause of infection in the hospital setting and remain resistant to treatment with most standard antibiotics. Treatment of diseases caused by resistant gram-positive bacteria requires appropriate use of available antibiotics and stewardship to prolong their effectiveness. In addition, appropriate and aggressive infection control efforts are vital to help prevent the spread of resistant pathogens.
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- Ana Maria Rivera
- Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Kelesidis T, Humphries R, Ward K, Lewinski MA, Yang OO. Combination therapy with daptomycin, linezolid, and rifampin as treatment option for MRSA meningitis and bacteremia. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011; 71:286-90. [PMID: 21855248 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Revised: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 07/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis is associated with a high mortality rate. Treatment is challenging in patients with allergy to vancomycin. Herein, we describe a case of MRSA bacteremia secondary to medical device infection with MRSA that was complicated by MRSA meningitis. This case provides evidence for a possible role of combination therapy of daptomycin, linezolid, and rifampin in cases of MRSA meningitis and bacteremia.
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- Theodoros Kelesidis
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Pharmacokinetics of single-dose daptomycin in patients with suspected or confirmed neurological infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011; 55:3505-9. [PMID: 21502620 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01741-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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There are currently few or no published data on the amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) penetration of daptomycin in patients with suspected or documented neurosurgical infections. We conducted a prospective study, assessing the pharmacokinetics and CSF penetration of a single intravenous daptomycin dose administered at 10 mg/kg, based on total body weight (TBW), in six neurosurgical patients with indwelling external CSF shunts with suspected or documented meningitis or ventriculitis. Each patient had four blood and CSF samples drawn simultaneously at specific times after the end of infusion: 30 min, 6 h, 12 h, and 24 h. Pharmacokinetic parameters of daptomycin in serum were calculated using standard noncompartmental methods, and daptomycin was assayed using high-performance liquid chromatography (for serum) or liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry (for CSF). The mean (± standard deviation [SD]) maximum measured daptomycin concentrations were 93.7 ± 17.3 mg/liter in serum at 0.5 h postinfusion and 0.461 ± 0.51 mg/liter in CSF at 6 h postinfusion. The mean (± SD) daptomycin minimum concentrations were 13.8 ± 4.8 mg/liter in serum at 24 h postinfusion and 0.126 ± 0.12 mg/liter in CSF at 0.5 h postinfusion. The mean daptomycin penetration, determined by the area under the concentration-time curve in CSF (AUC(CSF))/(AUC(serum) ratio), was 0.8%. Corrected for protein binding, the overall CSF penetration was 11.5%. Additional pharmacokinetic studies evaluating multiple and/or higher dosages of daptomycin are necessary in human subjects to better characterize the CSF penetration of daptomycin in neurosurgical patients.
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Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, Daum RS, Fridkin SK, Gorwitz RJ, Kaplan SL, Karchmer AW, Levine DP, Murray BE, J Rybak M, Talan DA, Chambers HF. Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 52:e18-55. [PMID: 21208910 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1902] [Impact Index Per Article: 146.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The guidelines are intended for use by health care providers who care for adult and pediatric patients with MRSA infections. The guidelines discuss the management of a variety of clinical syndromes associated with MRSA disease, including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), bacteremia and endocarditis, pneumonia, bone and joint infections, and central nervous system (CNS) infections. Recommendations are provided regarding vancomycin dosing and monitoring, management of infections due to MRSA strains with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin, and vancomycin treatment failures.
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- Catherine Liu
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California94102, USA.
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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Meningitis Successfully Treated With Daptomycin in Combination With Doxycycline and Linezolid. INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 2011. [DOI: 10.1097/ipc.0b013e3181e85dcc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Le J, Bookstaver PB, Rudisill CN, Hashem MG, Iqbal R, James CL, Sakoulas G. Treatment of meningitis caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: high-dose and combination daptomycin therapy. Ann Pharmacother 2010; 44:2001-6. [PMID: 21119097 DOI: 10.1345/aph.1p333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To report 3 successful treatments of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningitis in adults using daptomycin and either linezolid or gentamicin. CASE SUMMARY Three case reports involving males (aged 58-78 years) are presented; in each case (trigeminal nerve microvascular decompression and subdural hygroma; paraspinal abscess; and hydrocephalus with subsequent craniotomy and ventriculo-peritoneal shunt placement) CSF examination revealed vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) susceptible to daptomycin, gentamicin, and/or linezolid. Threeto four-week treatment regimens with daptomycin 6-12 mg/kg and either gentamicin or linezolid led to clinical resolution and microbiological clearance of infection. DISCUSSION Daptomycin has previously been shown to be successful in treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-associated meningitis and other serious VRE and enterococcal infections. Higher than approved doses of daptomycin were used in 2 cases where in theory higher CSF concentrations would thus be obtained. Gentamicin and linezolid were added to daptomycin therapy based on in vitro data synergy results and because of documented successful treatment for VRE meningitis, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The difficulty in treating VRE CSF infections involves both drug kinetics and microbial resistance factors, as well as external factors such as foreign bodies like shunts. This report highlighted 3 cases where daptomycin use in concert with either gentamicin or linezolid was successful in treating this infection. Additional controlled trials will be helpful in identifying the best strategies when using daptomycin to treat CSF infections.
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- Jennifer Le
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Riser MS, Bland CM, Rudisill CN, Bookstaver PB. Cerebrospinal fluid penetration of high-dose daptomycin in suspected Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. Ann Pharmacother 2010; 44:1832-5. [PMID: 20959502 DOI: 10.1345/aph.1p307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To report a case of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia with suspected MSSA meningitis treated with high-dose daptomycin assessed with concurrent serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations. CASE SUMMARY A 54-year-old male presented to the emergency department with generalized weakness and presumed health-care-associated pneumonia shown on chest radiograph. Treatment was empirically initiated with vancomycin, levofloxacin, and piperacillin/tazobactam. Blood cultures revealed S. aureus susceptible to oxacillin. Empiric antibiotic treatment was narrowed to nafcillin on day 4. On day 8, the patient developed acute renal failure (serum creatinine 1.9 mg/dL, increased from 1.2 mg/dL the previous day and 0.8 mg/dL on admission). The patient's Glasgow Coma Score was 3, with normal findings shown on computed tomography scan of the head 72 hours following an episode of cardiac arrest on day 10. The patient experienced relapsing MSSA bacteremia on day 9, increasing the suspicion for a central nervous system (CNS) infection. Nafcillin was discontinued and daptomycin 9 mg/kg daily was initiated for suspected meningitis and was continued until the patient's death on day 16. Daptomycin serum and CSF trough concentrations were 11.21 μg/mL and 0.52 μg/mL, respectively, prior to the third dose. Lumbar puncture results were inconclusive and no further blood cultures were positive for MSSA. Creatine kinase levels were normal prior to daptomycin therapy and were not reassessed. DISCUSSION Daptomycin was initiated in our patient secondary to possible nafcillin-induced acute interstitial nephritis and relapsing bacteremia. At a dose of 9 mg/kg, resultant penetration of 5% was higher than in previous reports, more consistent with inflamed meninges. CONCLUSIONS High-dose daptomycin may be an alternative option for MSSA bacteremia with or without a CNS source in patients who have failed or cannot tolerate standard therapy. Further clinical evaluation in patients with confirmed meningitis is warranted.
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Jaspan HB, Brothers AW, Campbell AJP, McGuire JK, Browd SR, Manley TJ, Pak D, Weissman SJ. Multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningitis in a toddler: characterization of the organism and successful treatment with intraventricular daptomycin and intravenous tigecycline. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2010; 29:379-81. [PMID: 20010311 PMCID: PMC4778705 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e3181c806d8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A case of enterococcal meningitis in a toddler is presented. The organism was highly resistant to all drugs previously used for pediatric Gram-positive meningitis. She was successfully treated with intraventricular and intravenous daptomycin and intravenous tigecycline. The organism was characterized as a member of CC17, a notorious emerging nosocomial clone of Enterococcus faecium.
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- Heather B. Jaspan
- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle WA,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle WA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle WA,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, Seattle WA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle WA,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle WA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle WA,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, Seattle WA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle WA,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Bouza E. New therapeutic choices for infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Microbiol Infect 2010; 15 Suppl 7:44-52. [PMID: 19951334 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03091.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In recent years, a marked increase in the incidence of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has occurred in many countries. This review addresses the effectiveness and limitations of drugs classically used for the treatment of MRSA, e.g. vancomycin, and also newer anti-MRSA antimicrobials, e.g. second-generation glycolipopeptides, tigecycline, and beta-lactams.
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- E Bouza
- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y E. Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutenste, Madrid, and Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratories (CIBERES), Spain.
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Aguilar J, Urday-Cornejo V, Donabedian S, Perri M, Tibbetts R, Zervos M. Staphylococcus aureus meningitis: case series and literature review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2010; 89:117-125. [PMID: 20517182 DOI: 10.1097/md.0b013e3181d5453d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus meningitis is a challenging disease and little is known about its epidemiology. There are no established management guidelines. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical information, bacteriologic data, and outcomes of all 33 patients with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures positive for S aureus seen at a single urban teaching hospital from 1999 to 2008. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and polymerase chain reaction for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec), accessory gene regulator (agr) typing, and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) loci were done on methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) CSF isolates starting in 2005. S aureus caused 12 (36%) cases of postoperative and 21 (64%) cases of hematogenous meningitis. MRSA isolates were found in 6 (50%) cases of postoperative and 10 (48%) cases of hematogenous meningitis. Twelve (75%) of the 16 MRSA infections occurred in the last 5 years of the study. Hematogenous meningitis was associated with older age (p = 0.04), injection drug use (p < 0.01), community-acquired infection (p < 0.01), underlying disease (p = 0.01), staphylococcal infection outside the central nervous system (p = 0.01), altered mental status (p = 0.02), fever (p = 0.01), septic shock (p = 0.03), and bacteremia (p < 0.01). The analysis of the 9 MRSA isolates showed 3 PFGE types: 3 USA100 (33%), 5 USA300 (56%), and 1 USAnot100-1100 (11%). For SCCmec typing, there were 2 (22%) type II and 7 (78%) type IV. All USA300 strains were SCCmec IVa. For agr typing, there were 5 (56%) type I and 4 (44%) type II. Three isolates (33%) were positive for the PVL gene and were USA300 strains. Most patients received nafcillin or vancomycin with or without rifampin or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for a mean period of 17 days (range, 1-42 d). Overall mortality was 36%, and it was associated with community-acquired infection (p = 0.02). Postoperative and hematogenous S aureus meningitis are distinct clinical syndromes. S aureus hematogenous meningitis has devastating clinical consequences and elevated mortality rates, especially if it is acquired in the community. The incidence of MRSA meningitis increased over the last 5 years of the study. Treatment of choice is nafcillin for methicillin-sensitive strains and vancomycin for MRSA strains. The addition of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or rifampin to vancomycin is recommended in severe cases and community-acquired MRSA infections. Linezolid is also a good option due to its good CSF penetration and favorable case reports. The mortality rate is higher in infections acquired in the community.
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- Javier Aguilar
- From Division of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (JA, VUC, SD, MP,RT, MZ), Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan; and Wayne State University School of Medicine (MZ), Detroit, Michigan
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Miranda J, Tunkel AR. Strategies and new developments in the management of bacterial meningitis. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2010; 23:925-43, viii-ix. [PMID: 19909891 DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2009.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The principles of antimicrobial therapy for acute bacterial meningitis include use of agents that penetrate well into cerebrospinal fluid and attain appropriate cerebrospinal fluid concentrations, are active in purulent cerebrospinal fluid, and are bactericidal against the infecting pathogen. Recommendations for treatment of bacterial meningitis have undergone significant evolution in recent years, given the emergence of pneumococcal strains that are resistant to penicillin. Clinical experience with use of newer agents is limited to case reports, but these agents may be necessary to consider in patients who are failing standard therapy.
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- Justine Miranda
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
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Porter KB, Lynch B, Mani CS. The Use of Daptomycin and Linezolid to Treat Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus haemolyticus Infection in a Premature Infant. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2010. [DOI: 10.5863/1551-6776-15.4.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Infections with staphylococcal species, especially coagulase-negative staphylococci are common after neurosurgical procedures. We report a case of a coagulase-negative staphylococci infection of a ventricular shunt site in a 105-day-old, premature infant born at 25 weeks gestation with multiple medical problems. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of daptomycin and linezolid for the persistent infection, which was increasingly resistant to vancomycin. The patient was initially treated with a combination of vancomycin and rifampin; however, the course of therapy had to be changed when the bacteria was identified as having intermediate resistance to vancomycin. Therapy was initially changed to linezolid monotherapy, but culture results continued to be positive for the bacteria, necessitating removal of an external ventricular drain and combination therapy of daptomycin and linezolid for 2 weeks before insertion of a new ventricular shunt. The patient received 4 weeks of therapy with no further positive results of the culture analysis. To our knowledge, this is the first published case report of the use of daptomycin to successfully treat a central nervous system infection in a premature infant.
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Naesens R, Ronsyn M, Druwé P, Denis O, Ieven M, Jeurissen A. Central nervous system invasion by community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Med Microbiol 2009; 58:1247-1251. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011130-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We report a case of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) bacteraemia with cavernous sinus thrombosis, meningitis and brain abscess in a previously healthy American, who was employed in Belgium. We consecutively reviewed all published cases of CA-MRSA with central nervous system (CNS) involvement. A total of 12 similar cases were found, of which 11 were published in the last 4 years. Predominantly, young previously healthy subjects were affected (median age 28 years). The cases involved brain abscesses (5/12), disseminated disease (4/12), cavernous sinus thrombosis (2/12) and other (1/12). Infection origins were superficial skin infections (5/12), mostly of the face, sinusitis (1/12), otitis media (1/12), other or unknown (5/12). Although, in our review of the literature patients treated with linezolid had a better outcome compared to patients treated with vancomycin, the latter is still the mainstay of therapy for CNS infections associated with MRSA.
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- Reinout Naesens
- Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, GZA Hospitals, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Intensive Care Unit, GZA Hospitals, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Intensive Care Unit, GZA Hospitals, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Référence MRSA–Staphylocoques, Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, GZA Hospitals, Antwerp, Belgium
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Van Bambeke F, Tulkens P. Pharmacodynamie des antibiotiques dans le LCR : principes et conséquences (facteurs prédictifs d’efficacité). Med Mal Infect 2009; 39:483-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Daptomycin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections of the spine. Spine J 2009; 9:e5-8. [PMID: 19112049 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Revised: 09/29/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is increasingly common. Treatment with vancomycin-based therapy is often unsuccessful. Daptomycin is a relatively new lipopeptide antibiotic with potent activity against MRSA. PURPOSE To describe the successful management of MRSA infection involving the spine. STUDY DESIGN Two case reports of MRSA infection, one involving epidural and lumbar subdural abscesses, the other with osteomyelitis and discitis. METHODS Two cases are described, one with lumbar epidural and subdural abscesses and the other with osteomyelitis and discitis of the spine. Switching from vancomycin to daptomycin plus rifampin-based therapy resulted in patient improvement that allowed discharge from the hospital. RESULTS Both patients recovered fully from their infection. CONCLUSIONS Daptomycin is a safe and effective option for the treatment of MRSA infection involving the spine.
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Chavanet P. [Presumptive bacterial meningitis in adults: initial antimicrobial therapy]. Med Mal Infect 2009; 39:499-512. [PMID: 19428207 DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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CSF sterilization should be obtained very rapidly to reduce both mortality and morbidity due to bacterial meningitis. Thus, antibiotic treatment should be adapted to the suspected bacterium and administered as early as possible at high dosage with - if necessary - a loading dose and continuous perfusion. The rates of abnormal susceptibility to penicillin of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitis and Haemophilus influenzae are 37%, 30% and 12% respectively. Thus, ceftriaxone or cefotaxim must be used as empirical treatment. Listeria monocytogenes remains fully susceptible to aminopenicillin, so, the combination aminopenicillin and aminoglycoside is the first-line treatment. Antibiotic resistance, allergy or contra-indications, are in fact rare but in these cases, antibiotic combinations are often needed. The latter are more or less complex and clinically validated; they include molecules such as vancomycine, fosfomycin, fluoroquinolone or linezolid.
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- P Chavanet
- Département d'infectiologie, CHU de Dijon, BP 77908, 21000 Dijon, France.
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Mook-Kanamori BB, Rouse MS, Kang CI, van de Beek D, Steckelberg JM, Patel R. Daptomycin in experimental murine pneumococcal meningitis. BMC Infect Dis 2009; 9:50. [PMID: 19405978 PMCID: PMC2685802 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2009] [Accepted: 04/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Daptomycin, a lipopeptide antibiotic, could be an alternative to vancomycin for treatment of pneumococcal meningitis. We determined the activity of daptomycin versus vancomycin, with dexamethasone as an adjuvant, in a murine model of pneumococcal meningitis. Methods Ninety-six 25–30 gram mice were inoculated intracisternally with serotype 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae modified by the integration of a luminescent lux operon. All mice were treated with either dexamethasone 1 mg/kg intraperitoneally every 6 hours alone or in combination with either vancomycin or daptomycin, also administered intraperitoneally. Serum antimicrobial concentrations were selected to approximate those achieved in humans. Following treatment, bioluminescence and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bacterial concentrations were determined. Caspase-3 staining was used to assess apoptosis on brain histopathology. Results Sixteen hours post intracisternal inoculation, bacterial titers in CSF were 6.8 log10 cfu/ml. Amongst the animals given no antibiotic, vancomycin 50 mg/kg at 16 and 20 hours or daptomycin 25 mg/kg at 16 hours, CSF titers were 7.6, 3.4, and 3.9 log10 cfu/ml, respectively, at 24 hours post infection (p-value, < 0.001 for both vancomycin or daptomycin versus no antibiotic); there was no significant difference in bactericidal activity between the vancomycin and daptomycin groups (p-value, 0.18). CSF bioluminescence correlated with bacterial titer (Pearson regression coefficient, 0.75). The amount of apoptosis of brain parenchymal cells was equivalent among treatment groups. Conclusion Daptomycin or vancomycin, when given in combination with dexamethasone, is active in the treatment of experimental pneumococcal meningitis.
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- Barry B Mook-Kanamori
- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Combination of daptomycin plus ceftriaxone is more active than vancomycin plus ceftriaxone in experimental meningitis after addition of dexamethasone. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 53:3030-3. [PMID: 19364870 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00952-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We examined the cerebrospinal fluid penetration of daptomycin after the addition of dexamethasone and its bactericidal efficacy with and without ceftriaxone in an experimental rabbit model of pneumococcal meningitis. The combination of daptomycin with ceftriaxone was the most efficacious regimen for pneumococcal meningitis. The previous addition of dexamethasone affected the antibacterial activity of daptomycin only marginally, either as monotherapy or combined with ceftriaxone, although the penetration of daptomycin into inflamed meninges was significantly reduced from 6 to 2%. Daptomycin with ceftriaxone might be a potential candidate for the empirical therapy of bacterial meningitis, although the activity of this regimen against Listeria monocytogenes remains to be demonstrated.
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Oxazolidinonas, glucopéptidos y lipopéptidos cíclicos. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2009; 27:236-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2009.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 02/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gould FK, Brindle R, Chadwick PR, Fraise AP, Hill S, Nathwani D, Ridgway GL, Spry MJ, Warren RE. Guidelines (2008) for the prophylaxis and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the United Kingdom. J Antimicrob Chemother 2009; 63:849-61. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Meningitis Successfully Treated With Daptomycin. INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 2009. [DOI: 10.1097/ipc.0b013e318187e123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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