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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 />

22) Rybak MJ, Lomaestro BM, Rotschafer JC, Moellering RC, Craig WA, Billeter M, et al. Vancomycin therapeutic guidelines: a summary of consensus recommendations from the infectious diseases Society of America, the<br />

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

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