1788. Cost-Effectiveness of Penicillin Skin Testing Among Patients With Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Reported Penicillin Allergy

BACKGROUND: Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia is a highly lethal infection; first-line therapy with a β-lactam, commonly cefazolin, provides a significant mortality benefit over the second-line therapy, vancomycin, which is often used in patients reporting β-lactam allerg...

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Autores principales: Vaisman, Alon, Chambers, Henry F, Winston, Lisa G, Kazi, Dhruv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253399/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1444

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253399/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1444

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