Rate of positive cultures necessitating definitive treatment in patients receiving empiric vancomycin therapy.
C Dustin WatersJoshua CaraccioPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2018)
Vancomycin is a commonly prescribed empiric antibiotic used when methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is suspected. In this study, we aimed to determine the rate of culture-positive infection requiring vancomycin therapy.