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Vancomycin
The optimal treatment for MRSA bacteremia in adults
As a hospital pharmacist, you will ask yourself questions about the optimal treatment for methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) bacteremia in adults. Consider these strategies when treating your patients... Continue to use vancomycin first. Daptomycin is also first-line, but there's no good evidence it works better, and it co…
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Vancomycin
Monitor VANCOMYCIN with AUC/MIC goals
As a hospital pharmacist, you will see a shift toward monitoring vancomycin using AUC/MIC calculations instead of trough levels. Clinical pharmacists normally aim for troughs of 15 to 20 mg/L for serious MRSA infections, to increase the likelihood of AUC/MIC over 400. But it turns out these troughs can overshoot AUC/MIC goals and are linked to more nephrotoxicity. …
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