Beta-lactam allergy was ruled out in more than 85% of patients, and 35.8% went on to be treated with beta-lactam with no hypersensitivity reactions, new research shows.

Beta-lactams are superior to vancomycin for definitive therapy, but not empiric treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream infection, according to a large ...

It has been established that TPPC exerts potent anti-MRSA activity. Interestingly, when combined with beta-lactams, the antimicrobial activity of TPPC against MRSA is synergistically enhanced.