Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3347672 | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The in vitro activity of telavancin was determined for 94 diverse Staphylococcus spp. Telavancin had MIC90 values of 0.5 μg/mL for methicillin-susceptible, methicillin-resistant, and vancomycin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, and coagulase-negative staphylococci isolates. Telavancin MICs were 0.5–1 μg/mL for vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus isolates and 2–4 μg/mL for vancomycin-resistant S. aureus strains.
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Authors
David J. Farrell, Kevin M. Krause, Bret M. Benton,