Purpose: The effectiveness of a once-weekly vancomycin dosing protocol for patients receiving long-term high-flux hemodialysis (HFHD) in the outpatient setting was studied. Methods: Eligible patients ...

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci infections are among the most common healthcare-associated infections and often lead to poor clinical outcomes, according to a study in the American Journal of ...

Table 1 Comparative analysis of clinical and therapeutic parameters according to subsequent mortality during hospitalization. In the present study, we demonstrated that the mortality of VRE-positive ...

Study findings suggest healthcare providers should conduct active surveillance of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in C. diff patients, according to research published in the American Journal of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In Alberta, Canada, the rate of hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant enterococci bloodstream infections ...

A group of epidemiologists and infection prevention specialists reviewed current practice and existing literature on the use of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE to build a framework for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Oral vancomycin safely induced and maintained remission of ulcerative colitis among a subset of ...

The current standard of practice is to treat hemodialysis patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections involving MRSA or gram- positive cocci with vancomycin, given during the last part of ...