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. 2018 Aug;50(8):643-647.
doi: 10.1080/23744235.2018.1448110. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Daptomycin and combination daptomycin-ceftaroline as salvage therapy for persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Nicolas Cortes-Penfield  1 , Nora T Oliver  2   3 , Andrew Hunter  4 , Maria Rodriguez-Barradas  1   4
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Daptomycin and combination daptomycin-ceftaroline as salvage therapy for persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Nicolas Cortes-Penfield et al. Infect Dis (Lond). 2018 Aug.
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