vancomycin
Competitor to Vancomycin for C. difficile May Be Coming Soon
The narrow-spectrum antibiotic CRS3123 better preserved gut microbiome diversity than vancomycin in people with ...
JUNE 25, 2025

Tips for Optimizing Vancomycin Monitoring
Findings from two retrospective studies show benefit with single-concentration monitoring and pharmacy-to-dose ...
APRIL 10, 2024

Achieving Target Vanco Levels in Patients With Kidney Disease
One health system’s vancomycin protocol demonstrates helps achieve target vancomycin levels in patients with ...
JANUARY 25, 2023

CDI Testing Algorithm Highly Effective in Real World Setting
A multistep algorithm recommended for diagnosing Clostridioides difficile infection appears highly effective when ...
NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Urinary Biomarkers Can Detect AKI in Critically Ill Children Receiving Vancomycin
Two under-appreciated urinary biomarkers may yield more accurate predictions of acute kidney injury in critically ...
OCTOBER 18, 2022

Rapid Nasal PCR Testing for MRSA Cuts Vancomycin Use, Costs
Rapid nasal PCR testing MRSA significantly reduced inpatient vancomycin use and saved money.
MAY 31, 2022

Hospital Pharmacists Optimize MRSA Screening
Hospital pharmacists can improve methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening and limit unnecessary use of ...
DECEMBER 14, 2021

Why Are 86% of Pharmacists Still in the Trough?
Although 98% of pharmacists believe new vancomycin dosing guidelines, which recommend using area under the curve ...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Vancomycin Loading Dose May Not Affect MRSA Outcomes
Critical Care Congress: No significant difference in clinical failure for MRSA bacteremia in patients who received ...
FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Novel VRE Implicated in Rising BSIs in Canadian Hospitals
Canadian hospitals are seeing a rise in vancomycin-resistant enterococci bloodstream infections, which could be ...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Clinicians Warming Up to ARCTIC Score for Vanco Dosing
The augmented renal clearance in trauma intensive care (ARCTIC) score can be used to determine whether standard ...
JANUARY 8, 2020

Vancomycin Dosing: It's All About the AUCs
Michael J. Rybak, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, BCPS, the author of the guidelines for vancomycin dosing and monitoring, sat ...
DECEMBER 10, 2019
