Vancomycin bactericidal activity as a predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Apr;55(4):1819-20. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01536-10. Epub 2011 Jan 31.

Authors

Motoyasu Miyazaki, Tohru Takata, Hisae Yoshimura, Akira Matsunaga, Daiki Ohta, Hiroyasu Ishikura, Maki Futo, Shuji Hara, Hidetoshi Kamimura, Kazuo Tamura, Dung Ngo, Brian T Tsuji

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Bacteremia / mortality*
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Vancomycin / pharmacokinetics
Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin