vancomycin
noun
van·co·my·cin
ˌvaŋ-kə-ˈmī-sᵊn 
: an antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 derived from an actinomycete (Amycolatopsis orientalis synonym Streptomyces orientalis) that is effective against gram-positive bacteria and is used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride C66H75Cl2N9O24·HCl especially against staphylococci resistant to methicillin
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As with my friend Candy, a single course of oral vancomycin, taken four times a day, quashed this patient’s illness.
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Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2011
About 1 in 3 infections are resistant to the go-to antibiotic, vancomycin.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2018
However, a newer antibiotic, fidaxomicin, has been proven more effective and would be a better choice for you, having failed a course of vancomycin.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
Swabs from the skin, nose and mouth, as well as saliva and stool samples, showed that 34 percent of all participants had antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as resistant Gram-negative bacilli or vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 16 May 2022
She was taken off clindamycin and put on vancomycin.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2021
Both vancomycin and the dye that her group used are already known to be safe in humans.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2013
Only some bacteria will bind to vancomycin, so physicians will be able to narrow down the cause an infection and thus how to fight it.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2013
Then, from day eight to day 14, vancomycin was replaced with daptomycin.
—Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2011
About 1 in 3 infections are resistant to the go-to antibiotic, vancomycin.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2018
However, a newer antibiotic, fidaxomicin, has been proven more effective and would be a better choice for you, having failed a course of vancomycin.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
Swabs from the skin, nose and mouth, as well as saliva and stool samples, showed that 34 percent of all participants had antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as resistant Gram-negative bacilli or vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 16 May 2022
She was taken off clindamycin and put on vancomycin.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2021
Both vancomycin and the dye that her group used are already known to be safe in humans.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2013
Only some bacteria will bind to vancomycin, so physicians will be able to narrow down the cause an infection and thus how to fight it.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2013
Then, from day eight to day 14, vancomycin was replaced with daptomycin.
—Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
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vancomycin
noun
van·co·my·cin
ˌvaŋ-kə-ˈmīs-ᵊn
: an antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 derived from an actinomycete (Amycolatopsis orientalis synonym Streptomyces orientalis synonym Nocardia orientalis) that is effective against gram-positive bacteria and is used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride C66H75Cl2N9O24·HCl especially against staphylococci resistant to methicillin see vancocin
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