While clinical guidelines recommend vancomycin for initial episodes of severe C difficile, metronidazole—the drug of choice to mild-to-moderate infection—is often used as an alternative. For years, ...

Vancomycin (as HCl) 500mg/vial, 1g/vial; lyophilized pwd for IV infusion after reconstitution and dilution. The bactericidal action of vancomycin results primarily from inhibition of cell-wall ...

Purpose An original and a revised vancomycin dosing protocol for obese patients were compared with respect to attainment of target serum trough vancomycin concentrations and the occurrence of ...

Discover all the brand names or Trade names of generic drug called Vancomycin. This serves as a crucial reference for healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, and anyone looking to ...

In a study yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists describe a chemically modified version of the antibiotic vancomycin that is significantly more potent than ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin ...

Data suggest that vancomycin-induced neutropenia may not be completely related to daily dosages, total cumulative dosage, or supratherapeutic vancomycin concentrations. Furthermore, evidence ...

The aim was to establish whether levels were therapeutic according to the dosing in the BNFc. Methods A drug chart and case note audit was performed on infants and children started on vancomycin in a ...

Conclusions Linezolid and vancomycin have similar efficacy and safety profiles. The high statistical power and the near-zero efficacy difference between both antibiotics demonstrates that no drug is ...

The aim of this work was to evaluate the results of vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) under three different dosing regimens and to optimise vancomycin therapy. Methods Vancomycin TDM ...

Further radiological imaging was non-diagnostic. On the basis of these clinical and biochemical features a diagnosis of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome was made. This ...