Clinical Applications cont.
MSSA pneumonia - Gonzalez et al. looked at clinical characteristics of patients with bacteremic pneumonias due to MSSA and MRSA. CID. 1999. - Pts. with MSSA bacteremic pneumonias (n=41) had better outcomes if tx with cloxacillin (24.4%) compared to vancomycin (41.5%). - Pts. treated with vancomycin had a mortality rate of 47% compared to no deaths in those treated with cloxacillin.