Purpose. Seven methods for estimating vancomycin pharmacokinetic parameters were studied to determine which method best predicted measured concentrations for patients at a community teaching hospital.

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 ...

New York - Disease-causing bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to the effects of antibiotic medications, but two teams of scientists have developed new battle plans for attacking resistant ...

All the methods examined were developed in select and often small groups of patients, and considerable variability existed among these groups. Achieving similar outcomes using these methods in ...