From the Journals

Daptomycin safe, effective for pediatric cSSSI treatment

Publish date: February 15, 2017
Author(s):
Lucas Franki

 

FROM PEDIATRICS

Daptomycin was safe and effective at treating complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) in children aged 1-17 years, according to Dr. John Bradley of the University of California, San Diego, and his associates.

A total of 389 cSSSI patients were included in the study, with 257 receiving daptomycin and 132 receiving standard-of-care (SOC) treatment (mostly vancomycin or clindamycin). Clinical success rates were similar for both groups, at 91% in the daptomycin group and 87% in the SOC group. Therapeutic success rates also were similar, at 97% in the daptomycin group and 99% in the SOC group.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria Courtesy U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria

Adverse event incidence was similar in both groups, occurring in 14% of daptomycin patients and in 17% of SOC patients. The most common adverse events were diarrhea, occurring in 7% of daptomycin patients and 5% of SOC patients, and increased creatine phosphokinase, occurring in 6% of daptomycin patients and 5% of SOC patients.

“Daptomycin is a suitable once-daily alternative to vancomycin or clindamycin in the pediatric setting, particularly for suspected or confirmed MRSA [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus] infections,” the investigators concluded.

Find the full study in Pediatrics (doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-2477).

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