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Editorial
. 2021 May 18;72(10):e682-e684.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1360.

Heaping the Pelion of Vancomycin on the Ossa of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Back to Basics in Clinical Care and Guidelines

William F Wright  1 , Sarah C J Jorgensen  2 , Brad Spellberg  3
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Editorial

Heaping the Pelion of Vancomycin on the Ossa of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Back to Basics in Clinical Care and Guidelines

William F Wright et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: PK-PD; clinical practice; guidelines; pharmacology; vancomycin.

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  • Questions on Vancomycin Dosing.
    Rybak MJ, Le J, Lodise TP, Levine DP, Bradley JS, Liu C, Mueller BA, Pai MP, Wong-Beringer A, Rodvold KA, Maples HD. Rybak MJ, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e1777-e1778. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1775. Clin Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33238295 No abstract available.
  • Reply to Rybak et al.
    Wright WF, Jorgensen SCJ, Spellberg B. Wright WF, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e1779-e1780. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1776. Clin Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33238301 No abstract available.

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