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Daptomycin versus Standard Therapy for Bacteremia and Endocarditis Caused by <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Vance G. Fowler, Helen W. Boucher, G. Ralph Corey, Elías Abrutyn, Adolf W. Karchmer, Mark E. Rupp, Donald P. Levine, Henry F. Chambers, Francis P. Tally, Gloria Vigliani,

New England Journal of Medicine · 2006 · 1.5K citations · 24 references

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Daptomycin (6 mg per kilogram daily) is not inferior to standard therapy for S. aureus bacteremia and right-sided endocarditis. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00093067 [ClinicalTrials.gov].).

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