Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Pneumonia After Thoracic Surgery: Successful Treatment With Linezolid After Failed Vancomycin Therapy

We describe 3 patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, hospital-acquired pneumonia who demonstrated a microbiological and clinical failure with vancomycin despite adequate trough levels. All 3 patients were cured with linezolid.