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5.  All of the above

Our patient was considered a vancomycin treatment failure due to persistent MRSA bacteremia and was switched to treatment with ceftaroline and daptomycin and subsequent blood cultures were sterile. Vancomycin treatment failure has been linked to prior exposure to vancomycin,

The patient’s respiratory status slowly improved and she was extubated on the twelfth hospital day. She slowly recovered and was transferred to a rehab facility after a 25-day hospitalization.

In treating S. aureus purulent pericarditis, which of the following are most important? (click on the correct answer to be directed to the fifth of six pages)

1. Correct antibiotic selection
2. Pericardial drainage
3. Examining for a S. aureus abscess
4. 1 and 3
5. All of the above

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