Vancomycin in vitro bactericidal activity and its relationship to efficacy in clearance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on April 23, 2007

Authors

Pamela A Moise1, George Sakoulas, Alan Forrest, Jerome J Schentag

Author Affiliations

1: University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy and San Diego VA Medical Center, San Diego, California 92161, USA. p_moise@yahoo.com

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