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Testing the mutant selection window hypothesis with Staphylococcus aureus exposed to daptomycin and vancomycin in an in vitro dynamic model.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2006
Firsov Alexander A, Smirnova Maria V, Lubenko Irene Yu, Vostrov Sergey N, Portnoy Yury A, Zinner Stephen H
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OBJECTIVES: To extend the mutant selection window (MSW) hypothesis to include antibiotics in addition to fluoroquinolones, the pharmacodynamics of daptomycin (DAP) and vancomycin (VAN) and their ability to prevent the selection of resistant Staphylococcus aureus were studied in an in vitro model...
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