Multifunctional Pharmaceutical Effects of the Antibiotic Daptomycin

Table 1

DAP treatment in cancer.

Cancer type	Infections type	Pathogen	Dosage	Ref
Hematologic malignancy; Solid tumor	Catheter-related; blood stream infections	Gram-positive organisms	6 mg/kg/day i.v.	[44]
Colon cancer	Implantable intra-arterial catheter infections	Not mentioned	10 mg/kg/day i.v.	[45]
Hematologic malignancy; Solid tumor	Bacteremia	Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus	About 6.1 mg/kg/day i.v.	[46]
Acute myeloid leukemia	Bacteremia	Teicoplanin-resistant Gram-positive cocci	8 mg/kg/day i.v.	[16]