TY - JOUR AU - Oh, Dong Hyun AU - Kim, Jung Ju AU - Kim, Jinnam AU - Seong, Hye AU - Lee, Se Ju AU - Kim, Yong Chan AU - Kim, Eun Jin AU - Jung, In Young AU - Jeong, Woo Yong AU - Jeong, Su Jin AU - Ku, Nam Su AU - Han, Sang Hoon AU - Choi, Jun Yong AU - Song, Young Goo AU - Kim, June Myung PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/30 TI - Comparison of the efficacy of nafcillin and glycopeptides as definitive therapy for patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective cohort study JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 60 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Studies have shown that the prognosis of the treatment of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) with glycopeptides is inferior compared to treatment with β-lactam. However, there are only few studies comparing treatment with antistaphylococcal penicillin alone to glycopeptide treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of nafcillin, an antistaphylococcal penicillin, with that of glycopeptides as a definitive therapy for MSSA bacteremia. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-2978-z DO - 10.1186/s12879-018-2978-z ID - Oh2018 ER -