Recent news on Vancomycin

Celebrity health: Leslie Ash launches legal battle over MRSA  -  25 May 2007
Irish Independent,Often, an antibiotic called Vancomycin is employed effectively to counter the bug. The fear is that as the use of Vancomycin grows more widespread,

Antibiotics can cause diarrhea  -  25 May 2007
DetNews.com,After it, he had rectal bleeding and was put on vancomycin. Each return of C. difficile is more severe. What's going on? Our son eats yogurt with live

Antibiotics can kill off 'good' bacteria, leading to troubles  -  25 May 2007
SouthCoastToday.com,After it, he had rectal bleeding and was put on vancomycin. Each return of C. difficile is more severe. What's going on? Our son eats yogurt with live

AdvanDx And BioMérieux Partner To Provide Rapid Results For ...  -  25 May 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Additionally, there was a trend toward less vancomycin usage with a decrease in associated hospital costs of ≈$4000 per patient.

Outbreak of bacterial infection under control  -  May 23, 2007
Montreal Gazette,An estimated 30 people including two babies have tested positive for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, a common intestinal bacterium known as VRE.

Start-up will use chemistry to improve drugs  -  May 22, 2007
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription),For example, in his lab Thorson was able to create a variant of vancomycin, a last-resort antibiotic used to treat infections that are resistant to most

BD Receives CE Mark Approval for Two-Hour Test to Identify ...  -  May 21, 2007
PR Newswire UK (press release),This new assay is also designed to promote sooner appropriate antibiotic selection, thereby helping to avoid unnecessary use of vancomycin.

Daughters of Charity Health System Chooses the Premier Healthcare ...  -  May 24, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...“The solution can track any type of infection, including MRSA, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and Clostridium difficile, enabling staff to flag

Lakeshore Hospital wards shut down after bug breakout  -  May 1, 2007
CBC Montreal,Lakeshore General Hospital in Montreal has shut down three wards after an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, which can be a serious infection

BD Announces FDA 510 Submission Of Two Hour Test To Identify ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
Compliance Home,The BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay promotes faster, better antibiotic selection to assist in preventing the emergence of vancomycin-resistant organisms,

Astellas Pharma: telavancin enters EU battle for MRSA market share  -  May 2, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewVancomycin remains a drug of choice, but the risks associated with treatment failure and rising rates of vancomycin resistance have led to clinicians

Yoghurt effective against antibiotic resistant bacteria: research  -  May 5, 2007
ABC Online,...that people who regularly ate yoghurt containing probiotics were cured of a certain strain of bacteria which is resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin.

87 patients in isolation  -  May 3, 2007
The Suburban,The virus, called Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE), “is resistant to the toughest antibiotic out there,� said Louis-Pascal Cyr, adding that every

Outbreak has hospital scrambling  -  May 3, 2007
Montreal Gazette (subscription),Ten patients have tested positive for Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, known as VRE. Seventy-seven other people were exposed to it.

Germ outbreak closes three LGH wards  -  May 2, 2007
West Island Chronicle,There are currently nine confirmed cases of Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) at the Pointe Claire institution, hospital microbiologist and infectious

Targanta Seeks $86M In IPO For Antibiotic Development  -  May 14, 2007
BioWorld Online,Vancomycin accounts for about 85 percent of those courses of therapy, with Zyvox (linezolid, Pfizer Inc.) and Cubicin (daptomycin for injection,

Bacterium hits Lakeshore  -  May 1, 2007
Montreal Gazette (subscription),Lakeshore General Hospital has isolated 87 patients in three areas of the Pointe Claire facility after 10 tested positive for Vancomycin-resistant

St. Joseph's restricts hospital visits  -  Apr 30, 2007
Hamilton Spectator,The hospital said late yesterday several patients in the units have developed vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), which is usually found in intestine or

Bacteriology of Septic Shock in Four Urban Emergency Departments  -  Apr 27, 2007
AEM (subscription)To categorize source, pathogen, resistance (Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE), and fluoroquinolone

Severe Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Community ...  -  May 15, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),He was treated initially on December 7 with intravenous (IV) ceftriaxone; vancomycin was started the next day. On December 8, a rapid immunochromatographic

AdvanDx and bioMerieux Partner to Provide Rapid Results for ...  -  May 21, 2007
BourSonews,Additionally, there was a trend toward less vancomycin usage with a decrease in associated hospital costs of ’$4000 per patienti.

Alpharma Reports First Quarter 2007 EPS of $0.28  -  Apr 30, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Excluding currency effects, revenues increased 8% over 2006 levels driven by increased sales of vancomycin. Operating income in the first quarter of 2007

Screening measures for infection boosted  -  May 18, 2007
Regina Leader-Post (subscription),The Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region has stepped up screening for the vancomycin resistant entercoccus -- an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection-- which

Hearty bug closes Regina hospital units  -  May 18, 2007
StarPhoenix,REGINA -- The Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region has stepped up screening for the vancomycin resistant entercoccus (VRE) -- an antibiotic-resistant bacterial

Main Line Health Hospitals Select Premier Healthcare Alliance to ...  -  May 16, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Hospitals can track all types of infections, including MRSA, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and Clostridium difficile, across all hospital units or

Rise seen in cases of intestinal bug  -  May 11, 2007
Allentown Morning Call,Doctors prescribe oral metronidazole or vancomycin, which eradicate C. difficile, and allow normal bacteria to flourish again in the intestine

Outbreak at Pasqua  -  May 11, 2007
Regina Leader-Post (subscription),...instituted infection control precautions on three units at the Pasqua Hospital as it tries to contain an outbreak of vancomycin resistant enterococcus.

Attacked by a grizzly  -  May 17, 2007
Santa Fe New Mexican,A powerful antibiotic, vancomycin, delivered by way of a catheter running from his arm to his heart, knocked back the infection, and on Sept.

BBSRC?gives boost to researchers to get work off the ground  -  May 9, 2007
Business Weekly,...as well as compounds with strong antibiotic properties, such as vancomycin, which is used as a last line of defence against MRSA.

Yoghurt may contain bowel cure  -  May 7, 2007
Daily Telegraph,In particular they could fight the problematic vancomycin-resistant enterococci bacteria, according to the study published in the latest Medical Journal of

MRSA Increasing in Children  -  May 7, 2007
Medscape (subscription)The MRSA isolates demonstrated 100% sensitivity to vancomycin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, and linezolid. The isolates had decreased sensitivities to

Yoghurt may kill bowel bugs  -  May 6, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,In particular they may fight the vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) bacteria, says the study published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia.

Commercial yoghurts such as Vaalia Yoghurt with LGG may restore ...  -  May 6, 2007
Australian Food,‘bad’ or ‘harmful’ bacteria such as vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), which can disturb the normal healthy balance of intestinal bacteria.

Yoghurt could kill bowel bugs  -  May 5, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,In particular they could fight the problematic vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) bacteria, according to the study published in the latest Medical

Wallaby Milk Compounds Effective Against Antibody Resistant ...  -  May 6, 2007
SYS-CON Media,This includes Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella and Acinetobacter. "The new findings confirm the compound has potent activity

BD Announces FDA 510(k) Submission Of Two Hour Test To Identify ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay promotes faster, better antibiotic selection to assist in preventing the emergence of vancomycin-resistant organisms,

Atul Gawande's New Book "better"  -  26 Apr 2007
ScienceBlogs...aureus) and another twenty-two had acquired VRE (vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus) -- unfortunately, typical rates of infection for American hospitals.

Telavancin and Vancomycin for Treatment of Complicated Skin and ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
DG NewsThe full combined analysis populations from ATLAS 1 and 2 included a total of 928 patients on telavancin and 939 on vancomycin (all-treated patients),

Bacteria mutateto counter antibiotics  -  Apr 22, 2007
Orlando Sentinel,The usual intravenous treatment is Vancomycin. However, we now see strains of Vancomycin-resistant staph. A new drug, Zyvox, is being used, but if history

Becton, Dickinson Q2 Profit Soars 57%; Revenue Rises 11%; Lifts ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
Trading Markets,...selection to assist in preventing the emergence of vancomycin-resistant organisms, such as vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or VRSA.

Altro safety flooring with Altrosan anti-bacterial additive  -  Apr 22, 2007
Ferret,Altro high performance safety floors are again at the forefront of infection control after proof has been secured they inhibit growth of the Vancomycin

Alpharma moves into China with Tongde Pharmaceutical acquisition  -  Apr 20, 2007
News-Medical.net,...company's largest and fastest growing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient product, vancomycin, subject to the receipt of the required regulatory approvals.

Common Pathogens That Infect Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
AEM (subscription)All of the ORSA cultures showed sensitivity to vancomycin, teicoplanin, and fucidic acid. Followed by Staphylococcus aureus (16 %), all are sensitive to

Alpharma strengthens its position in China  -  Apr 20, 2007
WorldPoultry.net,Ltd. that will double the capacity of the company's largest and fastest growing active pharmaceutical ingredient product, vancomycin, subject to the

Daptomycin Is Clinically More Rapidly Effective Than Comparator ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
DG NewsMUNICH, GERMANY -- April 5, 2007 -- The cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic daptomycin elicits statistically significant earlier responses than vancomycin or

Children screened for superbugs in ICU  -  Apr 17, 2007
Earthtimes.orgThe more stringent admission screening methods for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, or VRE,

Hospital Tests Kids For 'Superbugs'  -  Apr 17, 2007
NBC6.net,...the measures go beyond what is commonly done to fight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus -- MRSA and VRE.

Virus outbreak now under control  -  Apr 12, 2007
NorthernLife.ca,A recent outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant virus called Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) closed the eighth floor of Sudbury Regional Hospital's

Clostridium difficle Q&A  -  Mar 31, 2007
Norwich Evening News,With special antibiotics called Vancomycin. These are the strongest antibiotics available. Most people make a full recovery but elderly patients with other

Deadly bacteria hits patients  -  Mar 28, 2007
The Age,The patients at Geelong Hospital, in the state's south-west, were found to be carrying the Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) bacteria following a

Hospital patients quarantined  -  Mar 28, 2007
The Age,The patients at Geelong Hospital were found to be carrying the vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) bacterium following a routine infection-prevention

Deadly bacteria found in hospital  -  Mar 28, 2007
NEWS.com.au,The patients at Geelong Hospital, in the state's southwest, were found to be carrying the Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) bacteria following a

Colac refuses patient transfer  -  Mar 29, 2007
Geelong Advertiser,Family of the woman, whose name has been withheld, yesterday said the transfer was refused because of the outbreak of VRE, or Vancomycin-Resistant

Dr Guru Prasad Mohanta  -  Apr 24, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),The use of vancomycin and refampicin may be necessary in methcillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infection. Foot complications as ulceration and

Aggressive Screening For 'Superbugs' In Children  -  Apr 20, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The more stringent admission screening methods for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) go well

Geelong Hospital bacteria scare  -  Mar 28, 2007
Geelong Advertiser,The patients were found to be carrying the Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) bacteria following a routine infection prevention screening by the

Ceragenix Announces New Publication of Scientific Research on ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),...methicillin (MRSA) and vancomycin (VISA, hVISA and VRSA) antibiotics and describe the potent in vitro activity of CSA-8 and CSA-13 against such strains.

Most-at-Risk Nursing Home Residents To Be Tested for 'Superbugs'  -  Apr 23, 2007
Johns Hopkins Gazette,Sixty-two percent had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 77 percent had vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, and 39 percent had extended-spectrum

Ceragenix Announces New Publication of Scientific Research on ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...methicillin (MRSA) and vancomycin (VISA, hVISA and VRSA) antibiotics and describe the potent in vitro activity of CSA-8 and CSA-13 against such strains.

Severe Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus community ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Food Consumer,He was treated initially on December 7 with intravenous (IV) ceftriaxone; vancomycin was started the next day. On December 8, a rapid immunochromatographic

bioMérieux : First-Quarter 2007 Sales  -  Apr 22, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...of multi-resistant bacteria, such as Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-producing enterobacteria.

Fluoroquinolones to prevent postoperative keratitis and ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),Although vancomycin, cefalozin and bacitracin are commonly used to treat patients with MRSA infection, they are not as effective as fourth-generation

Most-at-risk Nursing Home Residents To Be Tested For "Superbugs"  -  Apr 22, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Sixty-two percent had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), 77 percent had vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), and 39 percent had

Novoxel seeks to pre-empt MRSA drug concerns  -  Apr 6, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewAccordingly, this leaves physicians with very few choices, and on the whole, up until now, that has meant resorting to vancomycin.

Research Identifies Risk Factors for Methicillin-Resistant ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
DG NewsThe ATLAS database, which contained data on 1867 patients with cSSSIs randomisation to telavancin (n = 928) or vancomycin (n = 939), provided baseline data

Casey Luskin, Proud Idiot  -  Mar 28, 2007
ScienceBlogsNow we're commonly observing bacteria that are fully resistant to methicillin, and at least partially resistant to vancomycin in the wild.

Inimex Product Candidate Is First Immune Defense Regulator To Cure ...  -  Mar 28, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) and Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) cause infections that antibiotics can no longer treat and account

Better Testing Shields Hospitalized Kids From 'Superbugs'  -  Apr 18, 2007
Washington Post,...pediatric intensive care unit are now carefully checked for methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and vancomycin-resistantEnterococcus(VRE).

Better Testing Shields Hospitalized Kids From 'Superbugs'  -  Apr 18, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),...intensive care unit are now carefully checked for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE).

In Vivo Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Coated Devices  -  Apr 2, 2007
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)High concentration and bioactivity of vancomycin and aztreonam eluted from Simplex cement spacers in two-stage revision of infected hip implants: a study of

Hopkins doctors up superbug tests  -  Apr 17, 2007
Baltimore Examiner,Hopkins’ hunt for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus goes above standard hospital practices, in which tests

Nursing home residents screened for ‘superbugs’  -  Apr 17, 2007
Examiner.comSixty-two percent had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 77 percent had vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and 39 percent had extended-spectrum

C. difficile bacteria is a growing problem  -  Apr 14, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain,Doctors usually prescribe metronidazole (Flagyl) and vancomycin (Vancocin). Unfortunately, some patients relapse after treatment and need more therapy.

Infectious Disease Doctors Need New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea  -  Apr 13, 2007
Infection Control Today,...and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), a major cause of bloodstream infections, infections of the heart, meningitis, and intra-abdominal

FDA Approvals: Janumet  -  Apr 12, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Cationic drugs (eg, amiodarone, digoxin, morphine, procainamide, quinidine, quinine, ranitidine, triamterene, trimethoprim, and vancomycin) that are

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