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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Med. 2015 Mar 21;49(1):50–57. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.01.001

Table 4.

Appropriateness of Vancomycin Use according to 2011 ISDA guidelines for the Treatment of MRSA infections.

n (%)
Approved uses of IV vanc
   Complicated skin and soft tissue infection 0 (0)
   Bacteremia 1 (<1)
   Endocarditis 0 (0)
   Pneumonia 4 (<1)
   Septic arthritis 0 (0)
   Osteomyelitis 7 (1)
   Meningitis (including empiric treatment for suspected meningitis) 37 (7)
   Other Intracranial abscess or infection 0 (0)