Fosfomycin Plus Imipenem for Treatment of Infective Endocarditis

Summary

The study evaluates the efficacy and safety of fosfomycin and imipenem for the treatment of methicillin-resistant staphyloccocus aureus infective endocarditis in comparison to vancomycin, the standard therapy.

Timeline

Start

2009-07

Primary completion

2014-07

Completion

2015-04-15

Publications

• Pericas JM, Hernandez-Meneses M, Munoz P, Martinez-Selles M, Alvarez-Uria A, de Alarcon A, Gutierrez-Carretero E, Goenaga MA, Zarauza MJ, Falces C, Rodriguez-Esteban MA, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Hernandez-Cabrera M, Miro JM; Spanish Collaboration on Endocarditis-Grupo de Apoyo al Manejo de la Endocarditis Infecciosa en Espana (GAMES). Characteristics and Outcome of Acute Heart Failure in Infective Endocarditis: Focus on Cardiogenic Shock. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 7;73(5):765-774. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab098.
• Pericas JM, Ambrosioni J, Munoz P, de Alarcon A, Kestler M, Mari-Hualde A, Moreno A, Goenaga MA, Farinas MC, Rodriguez-Alvarez R, Ojeda-Burgos G, Galvez-Acebal J, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Noureddine M, Miro JM; GAMES Investigators. Prevalence of Colorectal Neoplasms Among Patients With Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis in the GAMES Cohort (2008-2017). Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Jan;96(1):132-146. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.06.056.
• Pericas JM, Llopis J, Munoz P, Galvez-Acebal J, Kestler M, Valerio M, Hernandez-Meneses M, Goenaga MA, Cobo-Belaustegui M, Montejo M, Ojeda-Burgos G, Sousa-Regueiro MD, de Alarcon A, Ramos-Martinez A, Miro JM; GAMES Investigators. A Contemporary Picture of Enterococcal Endocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Feb 11;75(5):482-494. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.047.
• del Rio A, Gasch O, Moreno A, Pena C, Cuquet J, Soy D, Mestres CA, Suarez C, Pare JC, Tubau F, Garcia de la Maria C, Marco F, Carratala J, Gatell JM, Gudiol F, Miro JM; FOSIMI Investigators. Efficacy and safety of fosfomycin plus imipenem as rescue therapy for complicated bacteremia and endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a multicenter clinical trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Oct 15;59(8):1105-12. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu580. Epub 2014 Jul 21.

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