Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery
<p>Abstract</p> <p>We present a case of a 77-year old female who had undergone a coronary artery bypass grafting with an aortic valve replacement and developed three month later a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sternal wound infection which was successful treate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/57 |