TY - JOUR AU - Rosin, Christiane AU - Bernsmeier, Christine AU - Entenza, José M. AU - Moreillon, Philippe AU - Frei, Reno AU - Weisser, Maja AU - Flückiger, Ursula PY - 2012/06/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Daptomycin for highly resistant Enterococcus faecium infection JF - Swiss Medical Weekly JA - Swiss Med Wkly VL - 142 IS - 2526 SE - Short communication DO - 10.4414/smw.2012.13603 UR - https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1515 SP - w13603 AB - <p><p>We report a case series of 11 patients with severe <em>E.</em><em>faecium</em>infections treated with daptomycin. All strains were resistant to ampicillin (MIC &gt;8 mg/l), but susceptible to vancomycin. Seven out of 11 strains were also highly resistant to gentamicin (MIC &gt;500 mg/l). All patients were treated with multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics prior to isolation of <em>E.</em><em>faecium</em> and had severe underlying diseases. Our experience suggests that salvage therapy with daptomycin might be a safe and efficacious treatment for <em>E. faecium</em> infections.</p></p> ER -