Antibiotic Choice May Not Explain Poorer Outcomes in Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and High Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations
Open Access
- 1 August 2011
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 204 (3), 340-347
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir270
Abstract
(See the editorial commentary by Holland and Fowler Jr, on pages 329–31.)Keywords
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