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Vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity: mechanism, incidence, risk factors and special populations. A lit...

Vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity: mechanism, incidence, risk factors and special populations. A lit...

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Vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity: mechanism, incidence, risk factors and special populations. A literature review

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Full title

Vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity: mechanism, incidence, risk factors and special populations. A literature review

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

European journal of clinical pharmacology, 2012-09, Vol.68 (9), p.1243-1255

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

Purpose
Treatment failures following vancomycin therapy in patients with methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
infections have led to the utilization of higher doses of this antibiotic to achieve the trough concentrations of 10–20 μg/mL recommended by the Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guideline. However, ma...

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Full title

Vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity: mechanism, incidence, risk factors and special populations. A literature review

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1093458645

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1093458645

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ISSN

0031-6970

E-ISSN

1432-1041

DOI

10.1007/s00228-012-1259-9

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