Article
Activity of Telavancin against <i>S. aureus</i> isolated from cystic fibrosis patients including those with decreased susceptibility to Ceftaroline
2018-05-10
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisition in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients confers a worse clinical outcome with increased rate of declined lung function. Telavancin, an approved lipoglycopeptide used to treat infections due to S. aureus has a dual mode of action causing inhibition of the peptidoglycan synthesis and membrane depolarization. CF-associated MRSA infections re...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c651071e-4f74-5981-8d77-32712fdb6634
- DOI
- 10.1101/319210
