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 ...

Review the side-effects of Vancomycin as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgical specialty — namely, cardiac and orthopedic procedures — and the perception of high MRSA prevalence in a ...

Vancomycin always has been a problematic agent for treating patients with Staphylococcus infections because of its poor tissue penetration and slow bactericidal activity. In recent years, its use has ...

Vancomycin flushing syndrome (VFS) is a reaction to the antibiotic vancomycin. Symptoms include flushing and itching, among others. VFS was previously known as “red man syndrome.” However, the name ...

Vol. 7, Supplement 4. Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacterial Infections: A Focus on Directed Therapy, with Special Reference to Aztreonam (Nov. - Dec., 1985), pp. S741-S746 (6 pages) Aztreonam plus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . However, this finding did not reach statistical significance, the researchers noted. “This is the first ...

Vancomycin appeared to top placebo for lowering Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) recurrence rates in patients taking other systemic antibiotics for a non-CDI indication, but the underpowered ...

Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according to a new study. Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according ...

An ancient concoction for eye infections seems to really work. The potion, which contains cattle bile, kills the "superbug" methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, researchers at ...