What is the best initial antibiotic for patients hospitalized with MRSA cellulitis?

Abstract

For patients hospitalized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cellulitis, vancomycin is likely as effective as newer antibiotics approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), such as linezolid, daptomycin, and tigecycline. (SOR: C, based on subanalysis or extrapolation of individual comparison RCTs.)