Teicoplanin is actually pretty tough to come by in the US. But, yes, vancomycin will kill off any MRSA strain (assuming you're not dealing with VISA -- or one of these days... VRSA).
So, for a dose or two, vanco/teico is usually the way to go, especially in hospitalized/instituionalized patients. But, what alot of medical practitioners seem to ignore is the fact that there are some effective older medications out there that won't cost thousands of dollars per course. Doxycycline and Bactrim/Septra are oral medications that cost mere pennies per day. Both of these drugs are nearly 100% effective against MRSA (at least in my geographical region).
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Teicoplanin is actually pretty tough to come by in the US. But, yes, vancomycin will kill off any MRSA strain (assuming you're not dealing with VISA -- or one of these days... VRSA).
So, for a dose or two, vanco/teico is usually the way to go, especially in hospitalized/instituionalized patients. But, what alot of medical practitioners seem to ignore is the fact that there are some effective older medications out there that won't cost thousands of dollars per course. Doxycycline and Bactrim/Septra are oral medications that cost mere pennies per day. Both of these drugs are nearly 100% effective against MRSA (at least in my geographical region).