TY - JOUR AU - Wong, Davie AU - Wong, Titus AU - Romney, Marc AU - Leung, Victor PY - 2016 DA - 2016/05/23 TI - Comparison of outcomes in patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia who are treated with β-lactam vs vancomycin empiric therapy: a retrospective cohort study JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 224 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Prior studies suggested that vancomycin may be inferior to β-lactams for the empiric treatment of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) bacteremia. We assessed whether empiric therapy with β-lactams compared to vancomycin was associated with differences in clinical outcomes in patients with MSSA bacteremia. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1564-5 DO - 10.1186/s12879-016-1564-5 ID - Wong2016 ER -