Use of daptomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcal ventriculitis

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Erritouni, Mohamed ^a   Ktaich, Nessrine ^a   Rahal, James J ^a   Figueroa, Deborah ^a   Nieto, Jaime ^a   Urban, Carl ^a   Mariano, Noriel ^a   Eisinger, Frank ^a   Abayev, Jonathan ^a   Nicolau, David ^b   Rubin, David ^a   Raifu, Murisiku ^a   Segal Maurer, Sorana ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPTOMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84876702711     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/593578     Document Type: Article

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