Review on Usage of Vancomycin in Livestock and Humans: Maintaining Its Efficacy, Prevention of Resistance and Alternative Therapy
Vancomycin is one of the “last-line” classes of antibiotics used in the treatment of life-threatening infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. Even though vancomycin was discovered in the 1950s, it was widely used after the 1980s for the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant St...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Veterinary Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/4/1/6 |