In a randomized pilot study recently published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, an international research team led ...

Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according to a study published August 28, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Samuel Blechman and ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation was not inferior to vancomycin for the treatment of primary Clostridioides difficile infection, suggesting it could be a first-line option, according to research ...

Administering a beta-lactam antibiotic before vancomycin significantly reduced mortality rates among patients being treated for bloodstream infections, according to a study published in Clinical ...

Vancomycin comes in brand-name versions called Firvanq and Vancocin. To find out how the costs of these brand-name versions compare with the generic, talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or ...

Vancomycin is a generic drug that’s prescribed for certain bacterial infections in adults and children. It’s available as the brand-name drugs Vancocin and Firvanq. The cost of vancomycin with ...

The administration of β-lactams prior to vancomycin is associated with reduced risk of in-hospital mortality among patients with sepsis, according to results of a study published in Clinical ...

Our findings suggest that vancomycin could offer a new therapeutic option for patients with this challenging combination of IBD and autoimmune liver disease.

Vancomycin-induced neutropenia, defined as an ANC less than 1000/μL, has been reported to occur at rates of 2- 12%. [5–8] The first 2 case reports were published by Dangerfield and colleagues ...