Target serum concentration of vancomycin may be reached earlier with a loading dose

Abstract. Background:. Vancomycin treatment failure against vancomycin-susceptible gram-positive cocci is not rare in the intensive care unit (ICU). One of the reasons for this is the substandard drug trough concentration. We aimed to examine the hypothesis that the target serum concentration could...

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Main Authors: Yanxia Huang, Le He, Yunxin Deng, Renjing Zhang, Mei Meng, Jiao Liu, Dechang Chen, Peng Lyu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-02-01
Series:Chinese Medical Journal
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CM9.0000000000001905