Comparative efficacy of tigecycline VERSUS vancomycin in an experimental model of soft tissue infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin.

Antonopoulou, Anastasia

Comparative efficacy of tigecycline VERSUS vancomycin in an experimental model of soft tissue infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin. [electronic resource] - Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) Feb 2015 - 80-6 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1973-9478

10.1179/1973947814Y.0000000171 doi


Abscess--drug therapy
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents--administration & dosage
Bacterial Load--drug effects
Bacterial Toxins--biosynthesis
Drug Administration Schedule
Exotoxins--biosynthesis
Immunocompromised Host--drug effects
Injections, Intraperitoneal
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Leukocidins--biosynthesis
Lipid Peroxidation
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus--drug effects
Minocycline--administration & dosage
Random Allocation
Rats, Wistar
Soft Tissue Infections--drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections--drug therapy
Thigh
Tigecycline
Vancomycin--administration & dosage
Virulence--drug effects