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SUBMITTER: Martirosov DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5512425 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martirosov D M DM Bidell M R MR Pai M P MP Scheetz M H MH Rosenkranz S L SL Lodise T P TP
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 20170402 3
Data suggest that vancomycin is less effective for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection (BSI) with vancomycin Etest® MIC (MIC<sub>Etest</sub>) ≥1.5 mg/L. No published studies have evaluated the relationship between vancomycin exposure and outcomes among patients with MRSA BSIs vancomycin MIC<sub>Etest</sub> ≥1.5 mg/L. This study was a retrospective cohort of 71 hospitalized, adult, non-dialysis patients with MRSA BSIs treated with vancomycin. All but three pat ...[more]