Efficacy of telavancin in patients with specific types of complicated skin and skin structure infections
Author(s) -
Martín E. Stryjewski,
Steven L. Barriere,
W. O'Riordan,
Lala M. Dunbar,
Alan R. Hopkins,
F. C. Genter,
G. Ralph Corey
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dks081
Subject(s) - vancomycin , medicine , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcal skin infections , cellulitis , surgery , skin infection , biology , bacteria , genetics
Telavancin is approved in the USA and Canada for the treatment of Gram-positive complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSIs) based on the results of the Phase 3 Assessment of TeLAvancin in complicated Skin and skin structure infections (ATLAS) trials, which demonstrated non-inferiority of telavancin to vancomycin.
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