Purpose. Seven methods for estimating vancomycin pharmacokinetic parameters were studied to determine which method best predicted measured concentrations for patients at a community teaching hospital.

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(6):657-667. The relationship between MRSA vancomycin MIC and mortality in vancomycin-treated patients with hospital acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated ...

Jennifer Le, PharmD Pediatric patients who attain higher trough levels of the drug may be at higher risk of kidney damage. SAN FRANCISCO—Nephrotoxicity from vancomycin therapy develops more quickly in ...

HealthDay News — The target trough concentration of vancomycin seems to be lower for adolescents than for adults, according to a study published online June 13 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

Background. This study analyzed the relationship between vancomycin area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) and acute kidney injury (AKI) reported across recent studies. Methods. A systematic ...

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 ...

In a rural setting, high rates of invasive MRSA bacteremia combined with limited antibiotic choices in the field may contribute to shorter courses of vancomycin, according to research published in the ...

The patient was a 35-year-old man from São Paulo with mycosis fungoides, cocaine addiction, and diabetes mellitus. He was initially admitted to a psychiatric hospital in November 2011 for depression ...

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100416/PFIZERLOGO) Investigators from 156 centers worldwide randomized 1,225 patients, of whom 448 patients had proven ...

Vancomycin is a generic prescription drug that’s used to treat certain types of bacterial infections in adults and children. Vancomycin’s cost may depend on factors such as your dosage, whether you ...