Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides for Gram-Positive Bacteremia at the End of Life to Facilitate Hospice Care: A Report of 3 Cases

Administering and monitoring intravenous antimicrobials may cause discomfort in patients at the end of life and delay transition to hospice. We describe 3 patients with terminal cancer with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus gallolyticus, and Granulicatella adiacens bacteremi...

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Autores principales: Datta, Rupak, McManus, Dayna, Topal, Jeffrey, Juthani-Mehta, Manisha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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ID Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx277

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx277

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