Daptomycin in the treatment of persistent bacteremia with invasive complications caused by a small colony variant of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an orthopedic patient

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 394-398

  Carlyn, Cynthia J ^a   Baltch, Aldona L ^a,b   George, Mary J ^a   Smith, Raymond P ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 33748801028     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000214371.62046.cb     Document Type: Article

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