Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of SSIs was similar between patients given vancomycin or placebo in addition to standard surgical ...

The antibiotic vancomycin often used in intensive care units is considered the drug of choice for the treatment of staphylococci (staph) infections that are resistant to most other antibiotics.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “I always hypothesized that for patients presenting with clinical signs and symptoms concerning for bacteremia, ...

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 ...

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a leading cause of illness and death, especially for frail and hospitalized Americans. Now, a new study suggests that the leading antibiotic used to fight it ...

C. difficile infection recurrence rates were numerically lower with vancomycin than with placebo, though the difference was not significant. However, the results could be clinically meaningful, an ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a wearable sensor patch capable of continuously monitoring the levels of the antibiotic vancomycin. The lab combined ...

The full CMI on the next page has more details. If you are worried about using this medicine, speak to your healthcare professional. 1. Why am I being treated with VANCOMYCIN VIATRIS? VANCOMYCIN ...

In a retrospective study of patients treated with vancomycin, acute kidney injury was 63% less likely to develop in those who took melatonin. Melatonin, a commonly used sleep aid, may significantly ...

Vancomycin is indicated to treat enterocolitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis caused by C. difficile. ANI Pharmaceuticals announced that the Food ...

A study by researchers at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy finds that melatonin significantly reduces kidney failure in people being treated with the antibiotic vancomycin. The study, ...

On Wednesday, Civica Rx, a nonprofit drug company founded last year by a consortium of hospitals and foundations, said it had entered an agreement with a Danish drugmaker to make available injected ...