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Eligibility criteria included age \u226518 years old, at least one positive blood culture for methicillin-resistant\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and receipt of salvage therapy consisting of ceftaroline in combination with either vancomycin or daptomycin for any duration during their bloodstream infection within our health system over a 10-year period. This resulted in the inclusion of 189 adult patients. Patients were stratified by the timing of ceftaroline initiation: \u22645 days (early initiation) versus &gt;5 days (late initiation) from index positive culture. The study populations were similar, although there was a higher prevalence of persons who inject drugs started on early salvage therapy (36.0% versus 18.0%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.005) and fewer patients with type II diabetes (25.8% versus 41.0%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.028). Analysis revealed no statistically significant differences between 90-day all-cause mortality or readmission rates in either group; however, there was less 90-day microbiologic recurrence in the early initiation group (3.4% versus 11.0%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.046). Patients started on early salvage therapy also had fewer total days of bacteremia (7.0 versus 10.5 days,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001), fewer metastatic foci of infection (61.8% versus 82.0%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.002), and a shorter duration of treatment (46.0 versus 50.0 days,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.013).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>\n                        Treatment of methicillin-resistant\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                        bacteremia remains a challenge due to its high morbidity and mortality. Ceftaroline has been studied for off-label utilization in dual salvage therapy with daptomycin or vancomycin in these patients, although current data regarding the optimal timing for its addition are limited. We sought to address this knowledge gap with our retrospective review of patient outcomes at our hospital system who received ceftaroline for this indication. 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