Vancomycin versus daptomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia due to isolates with high vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentrations: study protocol for a phase IIB randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Vancomycin is the standard first-line treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. However, recent consensus guidelines recommend that clinicians consider using alternative agents such as daptomycin when the vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration is greater...

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Autores principales: Kalimuddin, Shirin, Phillips, Rachel, Gandhi, Mihir, de Souza, Nurun Nisa, Low, Jenny GH, Archuleta, Sophia, Lye, David, Tan, Thuan Tong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4081513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24943129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-233

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