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Rate of positive cultures necessitating definitive treatment in patients receiving empiric vancomycin therapy.

C Dustin WatersJoshua Caraccio
Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2018)
Vancomycin is a commonly prescribed empiric antibiotic used when methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is suspected. In this study, we aimed to determine the rate of culture-positive infection requiring vancomycin therapy.
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