Assertion: endocarditis | /r/CreatedBy | mssa
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text: In the only published clinical trial comparing any new anti-MRSA agent with vancomycin or a semisynthetic penicillin for the treatment of S. aureus bacteremia and endocarditis, daptomycin was equally effective in the treatment of patients with endocarditis caused by MSSA or MRSA, but had a higher success rate than vancomycin when MRSA was the pathogen.