Zeeshan Ahmed Qureshi, Ayaz Ahmed Bhatti, Sher Afghan Khan.
Daptomycin Efficacy against Clinical Micro Organisms of MRSE: a Tertiary Care Hospital Study.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(1):109-10.

Aim: To see the daptomycin efficacy against clinical micro organisms of methicillin resistant staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) from a tertiary care hospital. Study design: Descriptive study. Place of study: Microbiology section, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. Study duration: November 2013 to October 2014. Methodology: A total of 42 cases were included. MRSE micro organisms from different clinical samples were included in the study. API-staph was used for confirmation of MRSE. Methicillin resistant staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) susceptibility was performed against daptomycin by E-strip method. The results were finalized as recommendation of clinical Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) guidelines. Results: Maximum number of MRSE was isolated from Catheter tips and pus swabs.

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