Salvage Treatment for Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Efficacy of Linezolid With or Without Carbapenem

Background. Persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia is associated with high mortality rates, but no treatment strategy has yet been established. We performed this study to evaluate the efficacy of linezolid with or without carbapenem in salvage treatment for persiste...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2009-08, Vol.49 (3), p.395-401
Hauptverfasser:	Jang, Hee-Chang, Kim, Sung-Han, Kim, Kye Hyoung, Kim, Choong Jong, Lee, Shinwon, Song, Kyoung-Ho, Jeon, Jae Hyun, Park, Wan Beom, Kim, Hong Bin, Park, Sang-Won, Kim, Nam Joong, Kim, Eui-Chong, Oh, Myoung-don, Choe, Kang Won
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acetamides - therapeutic use Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Aminoglycosides Aminoglycosides - therapeutic use Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibacterial agents Antibiotics Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Antimicrobial agents Articles and Commentaries Bacteremia Bacteremia - drug therapy Bacteremia - microbiology Bacterial diseases Bacterial sepsis Biological and medical sciences Carbapenems Carbapenems - therapeutic use Drug therapy Drug Therapy, Combination Endocarditis Human bacterial diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Korea Linezolid Medical sciences Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Middle Aged Mortality Oxazolidinones - therapeutic use Pharmacology. Drug treatments Salvage therapy Salvage Therapy - methods Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus infections Treatment Outcome Vancomycin - therapeutic use Young Adult
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