Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia with linezolid after failure of treatment with synercid (quinupristin/dalfopristin)

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McNeil, SA
Clark, NM
Chandrasekar, PH
Kauffman, CA
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[1] Univ Michigan, Sch Med, Vet Affairs Healthcare Syst, Div Infect Dis,Dept Internal Med, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA
[2] Wayne State Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Internal Med, Div Infect Dis, Detroit, MI 48202 USA
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10.1086/313669
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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[No abstract available]
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