Comparison of daptomycin, vancomycin, and ampicillin-gentamicin for treatment of experimental endocarditis caused by penicillin-resistant enterococci.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on September 01, 1992

Authors

M C Ramos1, M L Grayson, G M Eliopoulos, A S Bayer

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, Torrance 90509.

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