Efficacy and safety of tigecycline compared with vancomycin or linezolid for treatment of serious infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a Phase 3, multicentre, double-blind, randomized study

2008136 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

I Florescu · Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest

Mircea Beuran · Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest

R Dimov · National Institute of Emergency Medicine "Pirogov"

Artūras Razbadauskas · Republic Klaipeda Hospital

Markian R. Bochan · St. Vincent Hospital

G Fichev · National Institute of Emergency Medicine "Pirogov"

Gary Dukart

Abstract

Tigecycline is safe and effective in hospitalized patients with serious infection caused by MRSA. There were too few cases of VRE to draw any conclusions.

Topics & Keywords

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volume 62, Issue suppl_1, pp. i17-i28

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn250

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