Comparative efficacy of linezolid and vancomycin for endotracheal tube MRSA biofilms from ICU patients

Comparative efficacy of linezolid and vancomycin for endotracheal tube MRSA biofilms from ICU patients

Abstract Purpose To compare the efficacy of systemic treatment with linezolid (LNZ) versus vancomycin (VAN) on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) burden and eradication in endotracheal tube (ETT) biofilm and ETT cuff from orotracheally intubated patients with MRSA respiratory infecti...

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Main Authors: Laia Fernández-Barat, Ana Motos, Mauro Panigada, Francisco Álvarez-Lerma, Lucía Viña, Ruben Lopez-Aladid, Adrian Ceccato, Gianluigi Li Bassi, David P. Nicolau, Yuli Lopez, Laura Muñoz, Laura Guerrero, Dolors Soy, Trinidad Israel, Pedro Castro, Antoni Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Endotracheal tube
Biofilm
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Linezolid
Vancomycin
Respiratory infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2523-5

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