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Table 1 Group design where ( +) indicates the antibiotic-impregnated catheters and ( −) indicates the nonantibiotic-impregnated catheters

From: Actions of N-acetylcysteine, daptomycin, vancomycin, and linezolid on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in the ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections: an experimental study

Study design

Group I

Only MRSA infected

 + 

Group II

MRSA + NAC

 + 

Group III

MRSA + DAPT

 + 

Group IV

MRSA + VAN

 + 

Group V

MRSA + LIN

 + 

Group VI

MRSA + NAC + DAPT

 + 

Group VII

MRSA + NAC + VAN

 + 

Group VIII

MRSA + NAC + LIN

 +