Rx of septic arthritis with staphylococcus epidermidis?

[enhancers]

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vanco or nafcillin?

 

[Phloston]

vanco or nafcillin?

As far as I'm aware you go straight to vanc with epidermidis.

 

[zhopv10]

Is it due to potential for biofilm creation maybe?


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[enhancers]

As far as I'm aware you go straight to vanc with epidermidis.

Thanks. I couldn't find a good reference for that.
Vanco is Rx for S.epidermidis causing endocarditis or VP shunt infection but not sure whether it is a first line in infectious arthritis due to S.epidermidis.

 

[slz1900]

http://www.uptodate.com/contents/tr...-to-coagulase-negative-staphylococci#H6286959

Vancomycin