Clinical Outcome with Oral Linezolid and Rifampin Following Recurrent Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Despite Prolonged Vancomycin Treatment

Drug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus, are emerging as the predominant organisms involved in both nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Since the 1980s, vancomycin has been the first-line antibiotic used to treat methicillin- resistant S aureus. However, allergy and intolerance to vancomycin, the increasing number of vancomycin clinical failures and the existence of vancomycin intermediate-susceptible …