All the methods examined were developed in select and often small groups of patients, and considerable variability existed among these groups. Achieving similar outcomes using these methods in ...

Researchers at La Trobe University have built a sensor that mimics the protective surface of gut cells and, in lab tests, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In patients with suspected sepsis, the use of β-lactam therapy prior to vancomycin was associated with lower risk of in-hospital mortality compared with vancomycin prior to β-lactam therapy. The ...

Adding vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis with cefazolin did not help prevent surgical-site infections in patients undergoing arthroplasty mostly for the knees or hips, a randomized trial showed.

This study retrospectively reviewed data from hospital patients who were given vancomycin and had at least one trough vancomycin concentration measured approximately 30 minutes before the ...