ATLANTA -- A tapered and pulsed course of vancomycin was not significantly better than a standard course of the drug for treating a first or second recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed use of IV vancomycin was linked with a higher periprosthetic joint infection risk vs. use of ...

The addition of vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis in arthroplasty may reduce surgical-site infections; however, the efficacy and safety are unclear. A total of 4239 patients underwent ...

A retrospective study was conducted with adult inpatients over age 18 years who were initiated on vancomycin between August 1 and September 30, 2006 (preimplementation group), and between March 1 and ...

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 ...