Vancomycin Prevents C. Diff in Patients Receiving Stem Cell Transplants For hospitalized patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of blood cancer, the most common infection—and the most costly to treat—is Clostridium difficile infection, commonly known as C. diff....
Intracolonic Vancomycin Therapy in Severe C . Diff ColitisView, Full TextHospitals, William Beaumont
Vancomycin kills bacteria by inhibiting the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall, and in addition, prevents bacterial multiplication by altering the cell wall permeability and RNA synthesis. Vancomycin prevents bacterial cell wall growth by binding to d-alanyl-d-alanine (d-Ala-d-Ala) terminus part ...
No vanB, vanC-1, or vanC-2/3 genes were detected. 3.2. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Detection of Resistance Genes A subset of 23 strains were selected for further analysis. To avoid sample clustering, one isolate from the positive cattle herd, and a selection of isolates from ...