Evaluation of vancomycin serum trough concentrations and outcomes in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-475

  Arshad, S ^a   Shoyinka, A ^a   Chen, A ^a   Jacobsen, G ^b   Zervos, M ^a,b  

^a Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84867403228     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.06.020     Document Type: Letter

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