In contrast, in patients without respiratory failure, the baseline variables of age, sex, emergency transport, advanced treatment hospital, neurological dysfunction, maintenance dialysis, pyothorax, malignant neoplasms in the oral cavity, additional reimbursement for AST, surgery, ICU admission, steroid, insulin, albumin, immunoglobulin, anti-influenza virus drug, TPN, nasal tube feeding, penicillin, macrolides, third-generation cephalosporins, fourth-generation cephalosporins, and carbapenems differed significantly between the anti-MRSA agent combination and the non-anti-MRSA agent groups. Here, ALB is linked to pleural empyema.