Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Infections in Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices: The Role of Daptomycin

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2589-2591

  Beiras Fernandez, A ^a   Kur, F ^a   Kiefer, S ^a   Sodian, R ^a   Schmoeckel, M ^a   Weis, M ^a   Reichart, B ^a   Weis, F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; DAPTOMYCIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DAPTOMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949219483     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.126     Document Type: Article

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