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Successful treatment of neutropenic MRSA bacteremia with septic superior vena cava thrombus and cerebral embolism using high-dose daptomycin

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  1. Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Hämatologie und Internistische Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany

    Karin G. Schrenk, Sebastian Scholl, Paul La Rosée & Andreas Hochhaus

  2. Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin und Krankenhaushygiene, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany

    Janina Frosinski & Mathias W. Pletz

  3. Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany

    Sylvia Otto

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Schrenk, K.G., Frosinski, J., Scholl, S. et al. Successful treatment of neutropenic MRSA bacteremia with septic superior vena cava thrombus and cerebral embolism using high-dose daptomycin. Ann Hematol 95, 355–357 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-015-2526-5

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