Point: Vancomycin Is Not Obsolete for the Treatment of Infection Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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- 15 June 2007
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 44 (12) , 1536-1542
- https://doi.org/10.1086/518451
Abstract
Since the discovery, development, and US Food and Drug Administration approval of vancomycin in the 1950s, this agent has remained a mainstay for theKeywords
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