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Comment
. 2020 Dec;48(12):e1370-e1371.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004593.

Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Septic Shock: Is Vancomycin Indicated?

Ruben D Villanueva  1 , Joseph A Iovine  1 , Scott G Blair  2 , Ryan O Kennedy  2 , Jasmeet S Paul  3
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Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Septic Shock: Is Vancomycin Indicated?

Ruben D Villanueva et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec.
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    Corl KA, Levy MM, Caffrey AR, LaPlante KL. Corl KA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec;48(12):e1371-e1372. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004681. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 33255138 No abstract available.

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