Clinical utility of telavancin for treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia: focus on non-ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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Published in Infect Drug Resist on May 20, 2014

Authors

Ethan Rubinstein1, Martin E Stryjewski2, Steven L Barriere3

Author Affiliations

1: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
2: Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
3: Theravance, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Comparison of Telavancin and Vancomycin for Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (ATTAIN1) | NCT00107952

Comparison of Telavancin and Vancomycin for Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (ATTAIN2) | NCT00124020

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