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Adverse events, healthcare interventions and healthcare utilization during home infusion therapy with daptomycin and vancomycin: a propensity score-matched cohort study

2014; Oxford University Press; Volume: 69; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jac/dkt512

ISSN

1460-2091

Autores

Nabin K. Shrestha, P Mason, Steven Gordon, Elizabeth Neuner, Benjamin Nutter, Colin O’Rourke, Susan J. Rehm,

Tópico(s)

Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Resumo

ObjectivesVancomycin and daptomycin are the two most frequently prescribed parenteral antimicrobials for resistant Gram-positive bacterial infections. The purpose of this study was to compare antimicrobial adverse event rates and associated healthcare interventions and healthcare utilization in patients treated with the two antimicrobials.

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