Vancomycin versus linezolid in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis

Surgical Infections

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 357-362

  Sipahi, Oguz Resat ^a   Bardak Ozcem, Selin ^a   Turhan, Tuncer ^a   Arda, Bilgin ^a   Ruksen, Mete ^a   Pullukcu, Husnu ^a   Aydemir, Sohret ^a   Dalbasti, Tayfun ^a   Yurtseven, Taskin ^a   Sipahi, Hilal ^b   Zileli, Mehmet ^a   Ulusoy, Sercan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bornova Public Health Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; DAPTOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84882987572     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.091     Document Type: Article

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