Using cheaper antibiotics to treat MRSA infection in India.

I read Muscedere’s article on meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia with interest.1 MRSA hospital acquired pneumonia is increasing in industrialised nations. In lower income countries like India, a definitive diagnosis is difficult mainly because of cost, low yield, and inadequate microbiological facilities, so initial antibiotic treatment is mostly empirical. In India, gram negative pathogens are reported more often than …