2011
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2011.23.5.251
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Diagnosis and management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections (SSTI): a Literature Review and Consensus Statement on Behalf of the Italian Society of Infectious Diseases and International Society of Chemotherapy

Abstract: Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections, posing considerable diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and resulting in significant morbidity and mortality among patients as well as increased healthcare costs. eight members of the SSTI working group of the Italian Society of infectious Diseases prepared a draft of the statements, grading the quality of each piece of evidence after a careful review of the current literature using MEDLINE database and their own clinical… Show more

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“…The majority of patients (80%) prescribed first-line daptomycin in this study received a dose that exceeded the approved and recommended 4 mg/kg daily dose for the treatment of MRSA cSSTIs [1,3,11]. In four of the 12 study countries (Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, UK), high doses were used exclusively.…”
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confidence: 98%
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“…The majority of patients (80%) prescribed first-line daptomycin in this study received a dose that exceeded the approved and recommended 4 mg/kg daily dose for the treatment of MRSA cSSTIs [1,3,11]. In four of the 12 study countries (Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, UK), high doses were used exclusively.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The primary study outcome was the percentage of patients receiving dosing regimens categorized as low, standard, or high ( Table 1) based on the total daily dose (TDD) in mg/kg and the labelled or guideline-recommended daily dose at the time the study was conducted [1][2][3]10,11]. For this analysis, patients were categorized according to the first antibiotic drug prescribed and the dose at the start of therapy, regardless of any subsequent antibiotic switching or dose changes.…”
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“…Las infecciones de la piel y los tejidos blandos (IPTB) constituyen un conjunto de cuadros clínicos con diferente presentación y severidad, que afectan la piel, el tejido celular subcutáneo y el músculo 1,2 . Son altamente incidentes y uno de los primeros motivos de prescripción de antimicrobianos.…”
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