Analysis of 42 Cases of Septicemia Caused by an Epidemic Strain of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Evidence of Resistance to Vancomycin
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (3) , 684-689
- https://doi.org/10.1086/314035
Abstract
Recent case reports of vancomycin treatment failures in the United States, Japan, and France have prompted a retrospective analysis of 42 cases of seKeywords
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