GLOBAL HEALTH: Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage

Audio Journal of Global Health Issues, September 19th, 2007 Reporting from: 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007 Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage MEGAN NGUYEN, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona REFERENCE: Poster Session 104 K-1096/ICAAC Congress 2007 Chicago 16-20 September New 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 with Megan Nguyen of Western University of Health Sciences.