Teicoplanin versus β-lactam for febrile patients with Staphylococcus-like bacteremia: focus on methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Abstract Background Many studies have shown that vancomycin is inferior to β-lactam antibiotics in terms of effectiveness in the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia. However, limited data are available regarding the comparison of clinical outcomes between pat...

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Main Authors: Ching-Yen Tsai, Chen-Hsiang Lee, I-Ling Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06111-w