Vancomycin has only rarely been implicated as a cause of thrombocytopenia, and there is only limited evidence that this complication is caused by immune mechanisms. We conducted a study to determine ...

Antibiotic therapy is often used for ICU patients for complicated infection treatment. More than 70% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates of ICU patients is methicillin resistant. Vancomycin has long ...

Objective: To systematically evaluate the literature to determine whether vancomycin-induced neutropenia is dose- or duration-related and provide clinicians with feasible treatment alternatives. Data ...

Vancomycin flushing syndrome (VFS) is a reaction to the antibiotic drug vancomycin. Common symptoms consist of a rash that itches during or after the infusion of vancomycin. VFS is the most common ...