Revolutionizing Daptomycin Dosing: A Single 7-11-Hour Sample for Pragmatic Application.

Angelini, Jacopo; Liu, Shuhan; Giuliano, Simone; Flammini, Sarah; Martini, Luca; Tascini, Carlo; Baraldo, Massimo; Pai, Manjunath P · Clin Infect Dis · 2024

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Abstract

Precision daptomycin dosing faces clinical implementation barriers despite known exposure-safety concerns with the use of twice the regulatory-approved doses. We propose achieving a single 7-11-hour post-dose plasma target concentration of 30 mg/L to 43 mg/L to be a practical starting point to facilitate precision daptomycin dosing.

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