"Staphylococcal infections, and in particular those caused by methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus bacteria, are becoming a more frequent and serious medical problem," said Dr. G. Ralph Corey of Duke Clinical Research Institute, the principal investigator in the ATLAS program.
"Results demonstrated clinical, microbiological, and overall therapeutic response that consistently favored telavancin over vancomycin. Importantly, telavancin has a safety profile that is compatible with treatment of serious infections due to resistant bacteria. These are important and encouraging findings in this area of increasing medical need."
Results were presented during the recently held Third International Symposium on Resistant Gram-Positive Infections in Ontario, Canada.
Source: Theravance
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