Early Switch From Vancomycin to Oral Linezolid for Treatment of Gram-Positive Heart Valve Endocarditis

Background Patients with complicated gram-positive endocarditis are usually treated with a combination of surgical procedure and long-term antibiotic therapy with intravenous vancomycin. However, oral linezolid offers the potential for an early switch from intravenous vancomycin to oral linezolid th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2007-07, Vol.84 (1), p.87-91
Hauptverfasser:	Colli, Andrea, MD, Campodonico, Riccardo, MD, Gherli, Tiziano, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acetamides - therapeutic use Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Drug Resistance, Bacterial Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases Endocarditis, Bacterial - drug therapy Female Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Health Care Costs Heart Heart Valve Diseases - drug therapy Heart Valve Prosthesis - adverse effects Humans Length of Stay Linezolid Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Oxazolidinones - therapeutic use Retrospective Studies Surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Surgery of the respiratory system Vancomycin - therapeutic use
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