Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin in adult patients: A consensus review of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists

J. Rybak, Michael; M. Lomaestro, Ben; C. Rotschafer, John; C. Moellering, Robert; A. Craig, William; Billeter, Marianne; R. Dalovisio, J.; P. Levine, Donald

doi:10.2146/ajhp080434

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Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin in adult patients: A consensus review of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists

Published in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy • Dec 23, 2008

Authors:

Michael J. Rybak

Ben M. Lomaestro

John C. Rotschafer

Abstract

Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that has been in clinical use for nearly 50 years as a penicillin alternative to treat penicillinase-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus. It is one of the most widely used antibiotics in the United States for the treatment of serious gram-positive infec...

Subject

Vancomycin

Nafcillin

Medicine

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