12 days ago

#103 – Dosing Consult: Daptomycin

Drs. Jim Rhodes and Molly Steed join host Jeannette Bouchard to discuss all things related to optimal dosing of daptomycin. This podcast episode provides insight on why dosing matters with this antibiotic, especially with certain organisms (looking at you, E. faecium), why weight matters with dosing, and what that pesky CPK means.

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References:

Fixed-dose daptomycin in Staphylococcus aureus: doi 10.1002/phar.4602
High dose daptomycin for VRE: doi 10.1093/cid/ciw815