Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 72-75 , January 2008

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) mitral valve acute bacterial endocarditis (ABE) in a patient with Job’s syndrome (hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome) successfully treated with linezolid and high-dose daptomycin

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.04.003

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 72-75 , January 2008

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