Successful Treatment of Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis with Oritavancin.

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Successful Treatment of Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis with Oritavancin.

Pharmacotherapy. 2017 May 23;:

Authors: Delaportas DJ, Estrada SJ, Darmelio M

Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus remains the most common causative pathogen in osteomyelitis. New or alternate therapies are often needed to adequately treat S. aureus infections in patients with drug allergies, treatment failures, or drug interactions. Oritavancin is a novel long-acting lipoglycopeptide approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2014 for the treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI). With a terminal half-life of 8 to 10 days, oritavancin dosing regimens with infrequent parenteral administration now exist to treat infectious diseases such as osteomyelitis that would otherwise require daily dosing of intravenous antimicrobials for weeks; however clinical experience is lacking. In this article, the first case of S. aureus osteomyelitis resulting from traumatic injury, successfully treated with oritavancin is presented. Removal of the nail used for a comminuted tibial shaft fracture repair followed by a 6-week treatment course with oritavancin resulted in clinical response. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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