Effect of Continuous and Sequential Therapy among Veterans Receiving Daptomycin or Linezolid for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on April 24, 2017

Authors

Nicholas S Britt1,2, Emily M Potter3, Nimish Patel4, Molly E Steed2,5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA nicholas.britt@bjc.org.
2: Research Department, Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.
3: Pharmacy Service, Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.
4: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, New York, USA.
5: Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.

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