“…These five cases were excluded from further analysis. Of the remaining 12 cases, nine received a b-lactam with a nonaminoglycoside agent: chloramphenicol (n = 3), 19,20 vancomycin (n = 3), 16,18,24 erythromycin (n = 1), 11 trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (n = 1), 20 and doxycycline and rifampin (n = 1), 22 and three were treated with non-b-lactam regimens: erythromycin, 8,27 clindamycin-ciprofloxacin combination therapy, 27 and sulphapyridine. 19,21 Treatment duration was available for 29 cases and mostly ranged from 4 to 8 weeks (18 of 29), but longer durations have been reported.…”