Real-world use of telavancin in the treatment of osteomyelitis

This is a retrospective analysis of patients with osteomyelitis who received telavancin at some time during their treatment course. The primary outcome was the percent of patients cured or improved at the end of telavancin therapy (EOTT). The secondary outcome was the percent of patients cured or improved three months after discontinuation of telavancin therapy. There were 32 cases of osteomyelitis with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus identified in 17 (56.7%), methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus 2(6.6%), coagulase negative staphylococci 6 (20.0%) and other pathogens, 5 (16.7%). At EOTT, 87.5% of patients had their osteomyelitis cured and 94.6% had the infection cured at three months after telavancin was completed. The most common adverse events associated with telavancin were gastrointestinal in nature (nausea (25.8%), vomiting (9.7%) and diarrhea (3.2%)) followed by metallic taste (6.5%). A favorable outcome was achieved for many patients receiving the antimicrobial regimen that included telavancin for the treatment of osteomyelitis.