Infecting organism | Total no. of patients in this category | Number of patients suitable for switch to oral therapy (% of patients with this infecting organism) | Number of patients suitable for switch to oral therapy and early discharge (% of patients with this infecting organism) |
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Coagulase negative staph | 44 | 13 (30%) | 9 (21%) |
Enterococcus | 17 | 5 (29%) | 4 (24%) |
MRSA | 110 | 63 (57%) | 38 (36%) |
Other organisms | 7 | 3 (43%) | 3 (43%) |
Culture negative | 33 | 9 (27%) | 8 (24%) |
Total = 211 | 93 | 62 |