vancomycin
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- noun
- /vænˈkoʊmɪsɪn/
- Specialized
- To combat the resistance of enterococci to vancomycin, in fall 1999, the FDA approved a new last-resort antibiotic.
- vancomycin-resistant
- vancomycin-resistant bacteria
- vancomycin therapy
Examples
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On admission, the patient was empirically started on IV vancomycin and ceftriaxone.
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Antimicrobial drug therapy was changed to intravenous vancomycin, piperacillin/tazobactam, and rifampin on day 3, continuing for 3 weeks.
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Subjects were excluded if they received both vancomycin and metronidazole therapy within 24 hours of each other.
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Based on these findings, the antibacterial coverage was changed to vancomycin and meropenem.
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The E.R. doctor had already started her on vancomycin, a powerful antibiotic, for a presumed infection.
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Other variations of Staphylococcus have become resistant to the drug vancomycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
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All guidelines agree that vancomycin be reserved for the critically ill or for patients failing or intolerant of metronidazole.
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His serum C-reactive protein level rose to 68 mg/L; intravenous vancomycin and meropenem treatment were initiated.
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Many enterococci have become resistant to vancomycin, but the isolates most frequently encountered include Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.
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The antibiotic used to treat serious bacterial infections, particularly drugs that are resistant to others, is vancomycin.
Synonyms
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A brand name for an antibiotic used to treat serious bacterial infections
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word vancomycin has two parts: the scientist-made start vanco-, which you can remember by thinking of 'vanquish' ('to defeat'), and the common antibiotic ending -mycin, as in streptomycin, which comes from soil microbes, so vancomycin is an antibiotic that 'defeats' very strong bacteria.