DRUG-INDUCED LEUKOPENIA
DRUG-INDUCED LEUKOPENIA
DRUG-INDUCED LEUKOPENIA
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VANCOMYCIN<br />
Glycopeptide antibiotic 22<br />
G+ve<br />
Indication: MRSA (susceptible) infection.<br />
Concentration-independent activity<br />
Related Problems 23 :<br />
Slow bactericidal activity<br />
Resistant-development<br />
Serious Toxicity<br />
• Ototoxicity<br />
• Nephrotoxicity<br />
• Neutropenia (rare)<br />
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American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;49(3):325-7.<br />
23) Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, Daum RS, Fridkin SK, et al. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant StaphylococcusAureus Infections in Adults and<br />
Children. [online] 2011 [cited 2012 Jan]; Available from: URL:http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/01/04/cid.ciq146.full.pdf