Retrospective Analysis of Nephrotoxicity During Daptomycin Versus Vancomycin Treatments in High Risk Patients

Group DAP : Daptomycin was administered at a dose of 8 mg/kg in thirty-minutes intravenous infusion every 24 hours in patients without severe impairment of kidney function or every 48 hours in case of GFR below 30 ml/min/m2. The creatine-kinase (CK) level was measured before the initiation of DAP and at least once a week to assess the occurrence of muscular toxicity defined by an increase of CK up to 3-fold the upper superior limit without any evidence of member ischaemia.

Group VAN : Vancomycin intravenous treatment was initiated by a loading dose of 30 mg/kg in 1 hour and followed by a continuous maintenance infusion dosing between 15 and 30 mg/kg/d. The VAN dose was adapted to achieve a target serum vancomycin steady-state concentration of 20-30 mg/L assessed by a daily pharmacologic monitoring (therapeutic drug monitoring).