Fig. 1From: CASSETTE—clindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation: study protocol for a randomised controlled trialFlowchart overview of the trial design. IV intravenous, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome. SPIRIT checklist (2013) provided in Additional file 2Back to article page