Endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Treatment failure with linezolid

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1018-1020

  Ruiz, Maria E ^a   Guerrero, Isabel C ^b   Tuazon, Carmelita U ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine Rutgers Health Community Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OXAZOLIDINONES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037108388     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342698     Document Type: Article

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