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The influence of severe hypoalbuminemia on the half-life of vancomycin in elderly patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hospital-acquired pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Vancomycin (VCM) treatment outcomes depend on the characteristics of the patient, and it is well known that hypoalbuminemia is a risk factor for poor treatment outcomes, as reported in a previous study. However, the reason that severe hypoalbuminemia has an influence on the treatment out...

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Autores principales: Mizuno, Tomohiro, Mizokami, Fumihiro, Fukami, Kazuhiro, Ito, Kazuhiro, Shibasaki, Masataka, Nagamatsu, Tadashi, Furuta, Katsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24109180
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S52259