Article: VRE and UTIs-Don't Forget Nitrofurantoin.(vancomycin-resistant enterococci)(urinary tract infections)(Clinical report)

Article: Vancomycin utilization guidelines and restriction ...
Formulary;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... This is particularly a concern with vancomycin because of the lack of alternative antibiotics ... resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci. This article ... Control and Prevention guidelines for vancomycin use, results of various vancomycin ...

Article: Vancomycin
Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that is ... strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Vancomycin is an alternative treatment for serious ... Staphylococcus aureus with intermediate vancomycin resistance pose a serious clinical threat ...

Article: Vancomycin and MRSA: How Susceptible is ...
Infectious Disease Alert;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Vancomycin and MRSA: How Susceptible is Susceptible ... indicating susceptibility of MRSA to vancomycin does not guarantee successful therapy ... Bactericidal Activity to Efficacy of Vancomycin for Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant ...

Article: Vancomycin and home health care.
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... published guidelines for prudent use of vancomycin to combat increasing resistance to antimicrobial ... cohort study that evaluated parenteral vancomycin use in patients receiving it through ... that 39.2% of outpatients received vancomycin outside the guidelines, mainly because ...

Article: VANCOMYCIN USE IN PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY ...
AORN Journal;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...VANCOMYCIN USE IN PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY PATIENTS S Shah ... clear health risk to surgical patients is vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Increased use and prior exposure to vancomycin are factors that increase the probability ...

Article: Vancomycin-Resistant Organisms on a Burn Unit.
Southern Medical Journal;  August 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... The incidence of infections due to vancomycin-resistant organisms has significantly ... several years. This is important because vancomycin has been the drug of choice for treatment ... MRSA). Enterococci resistant to vancomycin are now emerging, and MRSA organisms ...

Article: Inept vancomycin dosing boosting drug resistance
Drug Topics;  October 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Disease Control & Prevention, vancomycin dosing in U.S. hospitals is often ... according to a top CDC official. Vancomycin has been the hospital drug of last resort ... infections for about a decade. But now, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) threaten ...