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=== Spectrum of susceptibility === Vancomycin is a last-resort medication for the treatment of [[sepsis]] and [[lower respiratory tract]], skin, and bone infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. The [[minimum inhibitory concentration]] susceptibility data for a few medically significant bacteria are:<ref name="Vancomycin-TOKU-E">{{cite web |url=http://antibiotics.toku-e.com/antimicrobial_1182_1.html |title=Vancomycin (Vancocyn, Lyphocin) | the Antimicrobial Index Knowledgebase - TOKU-E |access-date=26 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227000847/http://antibiotics.toku-e.com/antimicrobial_1182_1.html |archive-date=27 February 2014 }}{{full citation needed|date=November 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Staphylococcus aureus|S. aureus]]'': 0.25 μg/mL to 4.0 μg/mL * ''S. aureus'' ([[Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus|methicillin resistant or MRSA]]): 1 μg/mL to 138 μg/mL * ''[[Staphylococcus epidermidis|S. epidermidis]]'': ≤0.12 μg/mL to 6.25 μg/mL
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