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Table 3 Reason antibiotics switched during treatment

From: The impact of initial antibiotic therapy (linezolid, vancomycin, daptomycin) on hospital length of stay for complicated skin and soft tissue infections

 

Daptomycin (16)

Linezolid (5)

Vancomycin (50)

De-escalation

3

1

4

Transition to outpatient

11

2

44

Presumed treatment failure

1

0

0

Allergy or adverse effect

0

1

1

Therapeutic preference

1

1

1