Continuous infusion of vancomycin in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus infection

Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Di Filippo, A ^a   De Gaudio, A R ^a   Novelli, A ^a   Paternostro, E ^a   Pelagatti, C ^b   Livi, P ^a   Novelli, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous infusion; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus infection; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031963935     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007092     Document Type: Article

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