vancomycin

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vancomycin (uncountable)

(pharmacology) A glycopeptide antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 produced by the actinomycete Amycolaptosis orientalis, used in the form of its hydrochloride C66H75Cl2N9O24·HCl against Gram-positive bacteria, especially staphylococci resistant to meticillin and enterococci.

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A Vancomycin Dosage Regimen Developed for Obese PatientsDoes this vancomycin protocol improve attainment of desired trough concentrations? Source: Internet

If positive, the woman receives IV penicillin or ampicillin while in labor—or, if she is allergic to penicillin, an alternative therapy, such as IV clindamycin or IV vancomycin. Source: Internet

This left vancomycin as the only effective agent available at the time. Source: Internet

In recent decades, however, some enterococci have become resistant to vancomycin. Source: Internet

The antibiotic dalbavancin is as effective as vancomycin, the current standard-of-care antibiotic used to treat serious bacterial skin and skin-structure infections, research shows. Source: Internet

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