Linezolid reduces length of stay and duration of intravenous treatment compared with vancomycin for complicated skin and soft tissue infections due to suspected or proven methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- 31 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
- Vol. 26 (6) , 442-448
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.09.003
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