Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
Vancomycin
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Treatment of serious or severe infections caused by susceptible strains of MRSA
- Initial therapy when MRSA is suspected
- Oral vancomycin: antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis caused by C. difficile and enterocolitis caused by S. aureus (including MRSA)
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Bone and joint infections, including hardware-associated infections
- Pneumonia
- Septicemia
- Endocarditis due to Gram-positive organisms
- Skin and skin structure infections
- Meningitis, CNS shunt infections
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Last updated: August 9, 2019
Citation
Dzintars, Kathryn. "Vancomycin." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545217/7/Vancomycin.
Dzintars K. Vancomycin. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545217/7/Vancomycin. Accessed December 6, 2023.
Dzintars, K. (2019). Vancomycin. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545217/7/Vancomycin
Dzintars K. Vancomycin [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2019. [cited 2023 December 06]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545217/7/Vancomycin.
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