Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2015; 140(11): 783
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-102287
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Vancomycin-resistente Enterokokken: Erhöhte Sterblichkeit durch Tigecyclin?

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: increased mortality with tigecyclin?
Reinier Mutters
1   Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Marburg
,
Klaus-Friedrich Bodmann
2   Klinikum Barnim GmbH, Werner Forßmann Krankenhaus
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Publication History

Publication Date:
28 May 2015 (online)

Zum Beitrag „Vancomycin-resistente Enterokokken: Welche Therapieoptionen gibt es?“ DMW 1 / 2015

Abkürzungen

cIAI: : complicated intra-abdominal infections
cSSTI: : complicated skin and soft tissue infection
CAP: : community-acquired pneumonia

 
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