Re: Serotonin syndrome » Phillipa

Posted by kaleidoscope on April 12, 2008, at 15:21:21

In reply to Re: Serotonin syndrome » kaleidoscope, posted by Phillipa on April 12, 2008, at 14:30:46

Hi PJ
You are right, MRSA is virtually always sensitive to vancomycin. Vancomycin is often used to treat serious infections due to MRSA and other resistant gram-positive bacteria. Unfortunately, vancomycin has to be given by injection (unless it's being used to remove C. difficile from the bowel) - vancomycin is not absorbed from capsules.
In the UK, MRSA is *usually* sensitive to clindamycin, fusidic acid, minocycline, doxycycline and rifampicin (rifampin). It is virtually always sensitive to vancomycin, daptomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid, Synercid and tigecycline.
In the US antibiotic resistance tends to be worse. Sensitivity to doxycycline may be much less than in England and I don't think you have fusidic acid or teicoplanin.

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