Antimicrobials
Vancomycin PO

Vancomycin PO

None
None
PO (using IV solution): $1.29/Dose; $25.8/5 Days

Spectrum of Activity

Dosing

General Information

Only indication is in the therapy of C. difficile infection.

  • Possibility of accumulation in severe renal dysfunction
    • Consider checking a vancomycin level in dialysis patients (who have severe colitis and require prolonged course)

Negligible (as poor oral absorption).

No oral absorption.

May increase vancomycin resistant Enterococci colonization in the gut.

Antimicrobial class: Glycopeptide

Pregnancy category: B

Average serum half life: 0 hours

Urine penetration: None

Lung penetration: None

CSF penetration: None

Biliary penetration: None