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Background: Teicoplanin is a member of vancomycin-ristocetin family of glycopeptide antibiotics. It mediated wound healing by increasing neovascularization possibly through activation of MAP kinase signaling pathway.
Saeideh Ashouri +3 more
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Rapid detection of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci: impact on decision-making and costs. [PDF]
International audienceBACKGROUND: According to French national recommendations, the detection of a patient colonized with glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) leads to interruption of new admissions and transfer of contact patients (CPs) to another ...
Andremont, Antoine +9 more
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Efficacy of daptomycin in the treatment of experimental endocarditis due to susceptible and multidrug-resistant enterococci [PDF]
Objectives: Daptomycin was tested in vitro and in rats with experimental endocarditis against the ampicillin-susceptible and vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2, the vancomycin-resistant (VanA type) mutant of strain JH2-2 (strain JH2-2 ...
Entenza, José M. +3 more
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Glycopeptide resistance in enterococci [PDF]
The selective pressure resulting from the extensive use of antibiotics over the last 50 years has led to the emergence of bacterial resistance and to the dissemination of resistance genes among pathogenic microorganisms.
Félix Claverie-Martín +2 more
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Rapidly Destructive Staphylococcus epidermidis Endocarditis [PDF]
: A 29-year-old man with rapidly destructive Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis after mitral valve reconstruction is presented. Resistance to rifampin and teicoplanin occurred during antibiotic treatment resulting in clinical failure and valve ...
Berger-Bachi, B. +5 more
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Correlation between In Vivo and In Vitro Efficacy of Antimicrobial Agents against Foreign Body Infections [PDF]
Implant-associated infections are often resistant to antibiotic therapy. Routine sensitivity tests fail to predict therapeutic success. Therefore experimental in vitro tests were sought that would better correlate with drug efficacy in device-related ...
Frei, R. +3 more
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Ribotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Surgical Intensive Care Patients [PDF]
To elucidate the sources of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on a surgical intensive care unit, rDNA restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (ribotyping) was applied to analyze strains isolated during a 4-month prospective study.
Altwegg, Martin +4 more
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Vancomycin in peritoneal dialysis: Clinical pharmacology considerations in therapy. [PDF]
Intraperitoneal vancomycin is the first-line therapy in the management of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis. However, due to the paucity of data, vancomycin dosing for peritonitis in patients on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) is empiric ...
Kraft, Walter K. +6 more
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Linezolid: A Strategic Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy
Linezolid is a synthetic antibiotic that is used for the treatment of infections caused by aerobic Gram-positive bacteria. Its effects are bacteriostatic against both enterococci and staphylococci and bactericidal against most isolates of streptococci ...
Shruti Vimal +2 more
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