Impact of Empirical-Therapy Selection on Outcomes of Intravenous Drug Users with Infective Endocarditis Caused by Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

• Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Vol. 51; no. 10; pp. 3731 - 3733
• Main Authors: LODISE, Thomas P, MCKINNON, Peggy S, LEVINE, Donald P, RYBAK, Michael J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.10.2007
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Clinical Therapeutics; Cohort Studies; Drug addiction; Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Endocarditis, Bacterial - complications; Endocarditis, Bacterial - drug therapy; Female; Heart; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Methicillin; Methicillin - pharmacology; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Retrospective Studies; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications; Treatment Outcome; Vancomycin - therapeutic use; Drug addiction; Prognosis; Intravenous administration; Selection; Cardiovascular disease; Infection; Heart disease; Endocardial disease; Endocarditis; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Micrococcaceae; Staphylococcal infection; Staphylococcus aureus
• ISSN: 0066-4804; 1098-6596
• DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00101-07

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