Syndrome:  MRSA, mild to moderate

Primary Therapy(s):

  • TMP/SMX or doxycycline (clindamycin if susceptible)

Alternate Therapy(s):

  • Linezolid

Comments: MRSA is more reliably susceptible to TMP/SMX or doxycycline than clindamycin.



Guideline Index         Guideline Table  

2nd generation cephalosporins--Cefuroxime, Cefpodoxime
Respiratory quionlones--Levofloxacin, Moxifloxacin