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Complicated skin infections, bloodstream infections, and certain heart valve infections ( endocarditis Infective Endocarditis Infective endocarditis is an infection of the lining of the heart (endocardium) and usually also of the heart valves. Infective endocarditis occurs when bacteria enter the bloodstream and travel... read more ) due to susceptible bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Staphylococcus aureus is the most dangerous of all of the many common staphylococcal bacteria. These gram-positive, sphere-shaped (coccal) bacteria (see figure ) often cause skin infections... read more ) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Increased number of white blood cells in the lungs ( eosinophilic pneumonia Eosinophilic Pneumonia Eosinophilic pneumonia comprises a group of lung diseases in which eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) appear in increased numbers in the lungs and usually in the bloodstream. Certain disorders... read more )
Gastrointestinal upset
Muscle pain and weakness
Not used when infection involves the lungs because daptomycin is made inactive by surfactant (a substance normally produced in the lungs)
