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One-dose vancomycin for SSTIs: Just don't do it by Michelle Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 23 Jan 2013 12:00am Accuracy Valid for practice True to literature Overall quality Please peer-review this blog post above by clicking on stars. You are managing an otherwise healthy patient with cellulitis but no abscess to po ... Read on »

CASE AND COMMENTARY: Failure to Reevaluate by Healthcare Research & Quality Posted Fri 10 Dec 2010 7:00am Failure to Reevaluate A 61-year-old woman receiving palliative chemotherapy for non–small-cell lung cancer at a community hospital developed methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia and endophthalmitis originating from her port. Vancomycin 1.25 grams intravenously twice da ... Read on »

Scientists Reengineer an Antibiotic to Overcome Dangerous Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Mon 05 Sep 2011 8:51am A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The compound could one day be used clinically to treat patients with life-threatening and highly resistant bacterial infections. “[These results] have true clinical significance ... Read on »

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) by Haveyroo Posted Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:53am Miss Haven out for a stroll around Fells Point We finally found out what the virus is that Haven has. She was supposed to be in Pulmonary this morning at 9am. They called Oncology to discuss Haven's situation and precautions for her but then called me back and due to her virus she is unable to come to their clinic until she is confirmed ... Read on »

Vancomycin & Red Man Syndrome by Matt S. Posted Thu 16 Oct 2008 12:00am Once a frequent culprit of acute interstitial nephritis, vancomycin is a very rare cause of renal failure with newer formulations which use a different vehicle for its iv administration. It still however has the potential to cause the relatively common side effect of red man syndrome, a histamine-induced phenomenon in which there is the appea ... Read on »

Vancomycin is the Drug of Choice for Treating Cellulitis by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Wed 27 Oct 2010 1:06pm Patients admitted to the hospital for the common bacterial skin infection cellulitis should be treated as a first line of defense with the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin rather than other antibiotics such as penicillin, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. For some time, medical practice guidelines have been ambiguous about whether ... Read on »

Diminishing Returns: The "MIC Creep" Dilemma with Vancomycin by Michelle Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 16 Jan 2013 12:00am Accuracy Valid for practice True to literature Overall quality Please peer-review this blog post by clicking on the stars above. The story of vancomycin all started when a missionary from Boreno ... Read on »

MRSA Vs Vancomycin by Feeding problems Posted Tue 26 Feb 2013 1:03pm Very long overdue post, sorry! Well in my defence I have a reason why I have left it so long before writing this. Right lets zoom back to Sophie's 5 day admission for nebulised Vancomycin. This was our last real shot of trying to eradicate MRSA. We had already done a couple of rounds of topical and oral antibiotics to kill off this little ... Read on »

continued Vancomycin and farewells by Donna Peach Patient Expert

Posted Wed 28 Nov 2012 3:36pm The home health care delivery of the remainder of my Vancomycin® arrived with a ring of the doorbell at eight o’clock this morning. Getting myself into a presentable state to open the door took me over five minutes and then another few to get to the door. The delivery person was long gone, but the box was there, which I was able to scoot ... Read on »

FDA Approves New Drug To Treat Clostridium Difficile Infections by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 29 May 2011 1:59am In July of 2010 the FDA approved a test for C Diff and the results are given within an hour. Already launched in Europe, illumigene C. difficile uses technology that makes it easier and less expensive to use than some other molecular tests. In a related FDA approval and injectable gel has been approved that could be used in conjunction ... Read on »