Can Nasal Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Be Used to Avoid Empiric Vancomycin Use in Intra-Abdominal Infection?

Background: Vancomycin is used widely as empiric therapy for gram-positive organisms in patients with an intra-abdominal infection (IAI), even in those with no history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection or colonization. Potential adverse effects of vancomycin include nep...

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Published in:Surg Infect (Larchmt)
Main Authors: Hennessy, Sara A., Shah, Puja M., Guidry, Christopher A., Davies, Stephen W., Hranjec, Tjasa, Sawyer, Robert G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2015
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Surgical Infection Society Articles
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4702425/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069990
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1089/sur.2014.211
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