Use of Vancomycin or First-Generation Cephalosporins for the Treatment of Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients with Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
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- 15 January 2007
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 44 (2) , 190-196
- https://doi.org/10.1086/510386
Abstract
Background. Because of its ease of dosing, vancomycin is commonly used to treat methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia in paKeywords
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