Trial tests safer, more available drug for deadly blood poisoning

NCT ID NCT03248063

Summary

This study aimed to find out if the antibiotic cefazolin works as well as the standard drug cloxacillin for treating a dangerous bloodstream infection called MSSA bacteremia. It involved 315 adults with this infection. Researchers wanted to see if cefazolin could be a safer and more readily available alternative with similar cure rates.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • François-Xavier Lescure

    Paris, 75018, France

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