Retrospective cohort identified daptomycin's increased failure rates in bloodstream infections among critically ill patients, suggesting a need for alternatives.
In this multicenter retrospective cohort of critically ill patients with monomicrobial E. faecium bloodstream infections, use of daptomycin as the definitive antibiotic regimen was associated with a higher rate of treatment failure. Further prospective studies are needed.
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