Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

To the Editor: In the study by Fowler et al. (Aug. 17 issue), 1 the standard therapy for Staphylococcus aureus infection is not a homogeneous entity. One cannot compare a new drug (daptomycin) with a mixture of two regimens (vancomycin or an antistaphylococcal penicillin) when the first regimen is r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2006-11, Vol.355 (20), p.2153-2155
Hauptverfasser:	Siegman-Igra, Yardena, Torres-Tortosa, Manuel, Caballero-Granado, Francisco J, Canueto, Jesús, Jetton, Lynn, Cosgrove, Sara E, Fowler, Vance G, Boucher, Helen W, Moran, Gregory J, Talan, David A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Daptomycin - therapeutic use Humans Methicillin Resistance Penicillins - therapeutic use Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy Staphylococcus aureus Vancomycin - therapeutic use
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