Guidelines recommend against use of midline catheters for vancomycin-based outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT), but evidence supporting the guidance is limited. This retrospective study ...

VANCOMYCIN is a penicillinase-resistant antibiotic that may be used in the treatment of staphylococcal infections. Because it is known to be excreted chiefly through the kidneys in normal persons 1 ...

Vancomycin flushing syndrome (VFS) is a reaction to the antibiotic drug vancomycin. Common symptoms consist of a rash that itches during or after the infusion of vancomycin. VFS is the most common ...

Findings contradict current practice trends, researchers said ...

The combination of intrawound tobramycin and vancomycin powder is no better than vancomycin powder alone for reducing deep ...

Purpose. The feasibility of using a limitedsampling algorithm for administration of vancomycin for treatment of vascular-access-related bacteremia in outpatient high flux hemodialysis was investigated ...

Adding an extra antibiotic powder doesn't further reduce a person's risk of infection during surgery to repair complex bone ...

Purpose. Two methods of calculating vancomycin clearance were compared to determine the best body weight measure to use when dosing vancomycin for overweight and obese patients. Methods. Hospitalized ...

Vancomycin has only rarely been implicated as a cause of thrombocytopenia, and there is only limited evidence that this complication is caused by immune mechanisms. We conducted a study to determine ...

The natural product vancomycin is an antibiotic of last resort, used when other antibacterial agents aren't effective. But some bacteria have developed resistance to vancomycin. Researchers have now ...