Antimicrobials
Vancomycin PO

Vancomycin PO

N/A
None

Spectrum of Activity

Dosing

General Information

Only indication is in the therapy of C. difficile infection, particularly recurrent or severe disease

Possibility of accumulation in severe renal dysfunction.

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

Urine penetration: None

Lung penetration: None

CSF penetration: None

Biliary penetration: None