Assertion: vancomycin | /r/HasProperty | the drug of choice
Facets:
value: for infections
type: PURPOSE
value: generally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It is the drug of choice for treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections and has been used widely for therapy of endocarditis resulting from gram-positive organisms and for the empiric treatment of intravascular catheter–induced infections.
text: Vancomycin is the therapy of choice for infections due to S. bovis-group of organisms when β-lactams cannot be used because of allergy or toxicity.
text: Vancomycin alone or in conjunction with other antiinfectives has generally been considered the treatment of choice for infections caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococci.