Initial Low‐Dose Gentamicin forStaphylococcus aureusBacteremia and Endocarditis Is Nephrotoxic
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- 15 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 48 (6), 713-721
- https://doi.org/10.1086/597031
Abstract
Background.The safety of adding initial low-dose gentamicin to antistaphylococcal penicillins or vancomycin for treatment of suspected Staphylococcus aureus native valve endocarditis is unknown. This study evaluated the association between this practice and nephrotoxicity. Methods.We performed a prospective cohort study of safety data from a randomized, controlled trial of therapy for S. aureus bacteremia and native valve infective endocarditis involving 236 patients from 44 hospitals in 4 countries. Patients either received standard therapy (antistaphylococcal penicillin or vancomycin) plus initial low-dose gentamicin (n=116) or received daptomycin monotherapy (n=120). We measured renal adverse events and clinically significant decreased creatinine clearance in patients (1) in the original randomized study arms and (2) who received any initial low-dose gentamicin either, as a study medication or Results.Renal adverse events occurred in 8 (7%) of 120 daptomycin recipients, 10 (19%) of 53 vancomycin recipients, and 11 (17%) of 63 antistaphylococcal penicillin recipients. Decreased creatinine clearance occurred in 9 (8%) of 113 of evaluable daptomycin recipients, 10 (22%) of 46 vancomycin recipients, and 16 (25%) of 63 antistaphylococcal penicillin recipients. An additional 21 patients received initial low-dose gentamicin Conclusions.Initial low-dose gentamicin as part of therapy for S. aureus bacteremia and native valve infective endocarditis is nephrotoxic and should not be used routinely, given the minimal existing data supporting its benefit.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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