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Case Reports
. 2010 Aug 6:5:57.
doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-57.

Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery

Aron F Popov  1 , Jan D Schmitto, Theodor Tirilomis, Christian Bireta, Kasim O Coskun, Suyog A Mokashi, Alexander Emmert, Martin Friedrich, Christoph H Wiese, Friedrich A Schoendube
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Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery

Aron F Popov et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. .

Abstract

We present a case of a 77-year old female who had undergone a coronary artery bypass grafting with an aortic valve replacement and developed three month later a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sternal wound infection which was successful treated with Daptomycin combined with vacuum-assisted closure (VAC).

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Figure 1
Postoperative sternal wound infection eight months since the initial surgery. The remaining two sternal wires were removed. After removing sternal wires, reapplication of VAC therapy was initiated.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The wound eventually healed with no residual fistula or infection of MRSA, twenty-one months since the initial surgery.
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