First, vancomycin allergy is rara and the commen scenario is red man syndrome which can be avoided by slow infusion second, a new study mentioned daptomycin as alternative but we need further clinical...
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Infants and Children <8 year: Use in patients <8 years is not recommended due to adverse effects on tooth development and uncertain dosing; however, use has been described in scenarios where alternative...
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Yes, high dose of ampicillin sulbactam is suggested as a component of combination therapy for carbapenem resistant acinitobacter baumannii due to sulbactam's unique activity against acinitobacter baumannii...
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Asimple addition to dr hossam's answer regarding the rate of administration [ In elderly patients or those with pre-existing cardiac disease, consider infusing at a rate 25mg/min and titrate accordingly...
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Third, vancomycin added due to the high incediance of resistant s.pneumonia so if the gram stain exclude this microorganism, no need to use vancomycin
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