Retrospective and descriptive study of patients with pneumonia in 2011 treated with vancomycin and/or linezolid. Information was collected through the SAVAC and SELENE computer systems and medical record review. The parameters analysed were: length of stay, mortality during hospitalisation and at 30 ...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia with linezolid or vancomycin in Spain. J Chemother. 2005;17(2):203-211.Grau S, Alvarez-Lerma F, del Castillo A, et al. Cost- effectiveness analysis of the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia with linezolid ...
Current guidelines for the empiric treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) recommend that vancomycin is dosed 15 mg/kg and administered twice daily for a target trough level of 15 to 20 μg/mL. This study compared conventional intermittent vancomycin infusion (IVI) with continuous vancomy...
Recent data suggest that linezolid may be superior to vancomycin in the treatment of MRSA nosocomial pneumonia. However, there are limitations to the ... DO Maclayton - 《Annals of Pharmacotherapy》 被引量: 117发表: 2007年 Linezolid and Vancomycin for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Noso...
Vancomycin AUC24/MIC Ratio in Patients with Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia BackgroundVancomycin is the treatment of choice for serious methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. The area under the concentration... M Ji,HK Kim,SK Kim,... - 《Journal of ...
(IDSA), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) provides recommendations for vancomycin dosing and monitoring in the treatment of serious MRSA infections (e.g., bacteremia, sepsis, infective endocarditis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, ...
Initial treatment of patients with severe CDI Initial treatment of patients with complicated, severe CDIUsual Adult Dose for Pneumonia500 mg IV every 6 hours OR 1 g IV every 12 hours Comments:This drug should be administered at a rate up to 10 mg/min or over 1 hour, whichever is longer....
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of linezolid versus vancomycin or teicoplanin for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia. Data were obtained from the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the EMBASE and MEDLINE databases. Randomised controlled studies ...
calculation have been questions. Jeffres et al. found no evidence that troughs of 15-20 mg/L or specific AUC0-24improved survival or hospital outcomes in the treatment of patients with MRSA pneumonia over a 6.5 year perio...
Treatment requires hospitalization, IV antibiotics, and therapy to treat any organ dysfunction. Pneumonia Pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs caused by fungi, bacteria, or viruses. Symptoms and signs include cough, fever, shortness of breath, and chills. Antibiotics treat pneumonia, and the ...