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Use of rifampin in persistent coagulase negative staphylococcal bacteremia in neonates

BACKGROUND: Coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS) are the most common cause of neonatal sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). A minority of neonates does not respond to vancomycin therapy and develops persistent bacteremia, which may be treated with rifampin. We evaluated the use of r...

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Autores principales: van der Lugt, N Margreth, Steggerda, Sylke J, Walther, Frans J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21092087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-10-84