AUTHOR=Chuan Junlan , Zhang Yuan , He Xia , Zhu Yuxuan , Zhong Lei , Yu Dongke , Xiao Hongtao 

TITLE=Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Telavancin for Treatment of Infectious Disease: Are We Clearer?

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pharmacology

VOLUME=Volume 7 - 2016

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2016.00330

DOI=10.3389/fphar.2016.00330

ISSN=1663-9812

ABSTRACT=Telavancin is approved to treat complicated skin and skin structure infections, hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus. A previous meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials suggested that it might be an alternative to vancomycin in cases of difficult-to-treat meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. We did a meta-analysis including new trials to access the efficacy and safety of telavancin.