Abstract
Though the increased resistance to antibiotics observed worldwide is not a major concern in France, treatment of methicillin-resistant S. aureus has important limitations. New antibiotics have recently been marketed or will soon be (quinupristin–dalfopristin, linelozide, tigecyclin, daptomycin, ceftobiprole, dalbavancin). Their role, which has been documented in several forms of acute infections, remains to be established in infective endocarditis. At present, only treatment of methicillin-resistant S. aureus right-sided endocarditis justifies the use of daptomycin, preferably in association with rifampicin, when the use of vancomycin is not possible or contraindicated.
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