| Literature DB >> 16436742 |
Armin Stucki1, Peter Gerber, Fernando Acosta, Marianne Cottagnoud, Philippe Cottagnoud.
Abstract
The penetration of telavancin was 2% into inflamed meninges and ca. 1 per thousand into noninflamed meninges after two intravenous injections (30 mg/kg of body weight). In experimental meningitis, telavancin was significantly superior to vancomycin combined with ceftriaxone against a penicillin-resistant pneumococcal strain. Against a methicillin-sensitive staphylococcal strain, telavancin was slightly but not significantly superior to vancomycin.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16436742 PMCID: PMC1366883 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.2.770-773.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191