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Why was the treatment changed to flucloxacillin?

April 26, 2017changed flucloxacillin treatment

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Why was the treatment changed to flucloxacillin?

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Flucloxacillin is a penicillin that has a side chain that interferes with the ability of staphylococcal penicillinase to degrade the drug, and it can thus be used to treat staphylococcal infection, even if the bacterium is a penicillinase producer.