Antimicrobials
Vancomycin PO

Vancomycin PO

N/A
None

Spectrum of Activity

Dosing

General Information

Only indication is in the therapy of C. difficile infection

Possibility of accumulation in severe renal dysfunction with severe colonic damage.

Consider checking a vancomycin level in dialysis patients.

No oral absorption.

May increase vancomycin resistant Enterococci colonization in the gut.

Antimicrobial class: Glycopeptide

Pregnancy category: B

Average serum half life: 0 hours

Biliary penetration: None

CSF penetration: None

Lung penetration: None

Urine penetration: None