Table 2.

Patients who did not meet inclusion criteria for rapid diagnostic testing^a.

Reason for the exclusion	Number of patients (n = 34)
Additional infectious disease indications requiring continuation of empiric vancomycin	20
Immunocompromised host	3
Foreign device in place	5
Risk factor for MRSA	6

^aMRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.