Salvage Treatment for Persistent Methicillin‐Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Bacteremia: Efficacy of Linezolid With or Without Carbapenem

Abstract

Linezolid-based salvage therapy effectively eradicated S. aureus from the blood for patients with persistent MRSA bacteremia. The salvage success rate was higher for linezolid therapy than for vancomycin-based combination therapy.