Five patients recently admitted to Dunedin Hospital have screened positive for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE). These patients are colonised with VRE (the bacteria is in or on patient’s body, ...

HealthDay News — The target trough concentration of vancomycin seems to be lower for adolescents than for adults, according to a study published online June 13 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

To the Editor: The report by Ostrowsky et al. (May 10 issue) 1 provides evidence that active infection-control interventions can reduce or eliminate the transmission of vancomycin-resistant ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinical response was noted in 47.6% of patients treated with oral vancomycin therapy for IBD associated with ...

Outbreak of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococcus Colonization Among Pediatric Oncology Patients Sheila M. Nolan , MD, Jeffrey S. Gerber , MD, PhD, Theoklis Zaoutis , MD, MSCE, Priya Prasad , MPH, Susan ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(6):657-667. The impact of combination therapy upon the need for aggressive vancomycin dosing was not discussed in the guidelines but a recent review failed to find ...

This retrospective study was conducted in a tertiary care, academic hospital licensed for 230 inpatient beds with approximately 7000 admissions per year. Data were included for children who were age 2 ...

We studied the prevalence of recurrent vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) bacteremia, predisposing factors, and strain relatedness during a 3 year period at our institution. Of 36 inpatients who ...

Q. Could you please explain vancomycin-resistant enterococcus? I was told is highly infectious and that I should wear gloves and a face mask when I clean up my husband. My husband was diagnosed with ...