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Original Article

Treatment of infective endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Teicoplanin versus vancomycin in a retrospective study

Jih-Hsin Huang From the Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, ROC, Taiwan
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Ron-Bin Hsu From the Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, ROC, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 462-467 | Received 08 Aug 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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