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Oritavancin: A New Opportunity for Outpatient Therapy of Serious Infections

Oritavancin: A New Opportunity for Outpatient Therapy of Serious Infections

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Oritavancin: A New Opportunity for Outpatient Therapy of Serious Infections

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Oritavancin: A New Opportunity for Outpatient Therapy of Serious Infections

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United States: Oxford University Press

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Clinical infectious diseases, 2012-04, Vol.54 (suppl 3), p.S239-S243

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English

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United States: Oxford University Press

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Oritavancin is a new antibiotic for the treatment of serious infections with Gram-positive bacteria. It has been shown to be effective against methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus as well as enterococci. With a terminal half-life of 393 hours, oritavancin lends itself to a convenient and potentially cost-effective single-dos...

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Oritavancin: A New Opportunity for Outpatient Therapy of Serious Infections

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_953208231

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_953208231

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ISSN

1058-4838

E-ISSN

1537-6591

DOI

10.1093/cid/cir1047

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