Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage

Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage

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19 September 2007

Megan Nguyen REFERENCE: Poster Session 104 K-1096, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007 MEGAN NGUYEN, Western University in Pomona, Calif

Megan Nguyen

Megan Nguyen

REFERENCE: Poster Session 104 K-1096, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007MEGAN NGUYEN, Western University in Pomona, CaliforniaNew vancomycin guidelines that recommend using higher doses may cause kidney damage according to a study presented at the 2007 ICAAC meeting. Nicola Solomon discussed this new finding withMegan Nguyenof Western University of Health Sciences.