Researchers at La Trobe University have built a sensor that mimics the protective surface of gut cells and, in lab tests, ...

An experimental antibiotic called EVG7 has shown promise against gram-positive bacterium Clostridioides difficile. | Drug ...

Vancomycin 265/309 (85.8%) 76/265 (25.3%) 198/309 (64.1%) † Clinical cure is resolution of diarrhea following the recommended dose of drug (fidaxomicin: 200 mg twice a day; vancomycin: 125 mg four ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(6):657-667. The relationship between MRSA vancomycin MIC and mortality in vancomycin-treated patients with hospital acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated ...

Guidelines recommend against use of midline catheters for vancomycin-based outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT), but evidence supporting the guidance is limited. This retrospective study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed use of IV vancomycin was linked with a higher periprosthetic joint infection risk vs. use of ...

The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research from ...