Spectrum and potency of ceftaroline against leading pathogens causing community-acquired respiratory tract and skin and soft tissue infections in Latin America, 2010
Ceftaroline, the active metabolite of the prodrug ceftaroline fosamil, is a cephalosporin with in vitro bactericidal activity against Gram-positive organisms, including methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus, β-haemolytic and viridans group streptococci, and Streptococcus pneum...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-09-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S141386701300161X |