Treatment of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection with Daptomycin

We describe a case of 83-year-old man who was admitted to our department for treatment of recurrent device-pocket infections. Our report shows that in a case of high-risk patient with a complicated cardiac implantable electric devices infection involving multidrug-resistent gram-positive pathogen, the application of daptomycin in combination with staged surgical therapy can be efficient and safe.