Journal: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Article Title: [ 18 F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Acute Staphylococcus aureus Vascular Graft Infection in a Rat Model
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf594
Figure Lengend Snippet: Colony-forming units (CFU) for each group. Data points represent mean CFU of 3 technical replicates from 1 implant. Bars represent median. Kruskal-Wallis test with post hoc Dunn's test. Uninfected, day 10 (n = 7). S. epidermidis , day 7 (n = 6). S. aureus , day 10 (n = 7). Uninfected, day 20 (n = 7). S. epidermidis , day 17 (n = 7). S. aureus , day 20 (n = 8). Uninfected, day 31 (n = 8). S. epidermidis , day 31 (n = 4). S. aureus , day 31 (n = 6). S. aureus DAP + RIF, day 31 (n = 8). DAP/RIF = daptomycin + rifampicin; SA = S. aureus ; SE = S. epidermidis ; UI = uninfected.
Article Snippet: The antibiotics were daptomycin (“Cubicin”, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Copenhagen, Denmark), rifampicin (“Rifadin”, Sanofi S.r.I., Milan, Italy), and a single dose of preoperatively administered cefuroxime (“Cefuroxim”, Fresenius Kabi, Copenhagen, Denmark).
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