Variation in gentamicin and vancomycin dosage and monitoring in UK neonatal units
Author(s) -
Seilesh Kadambari,
Paul T. Heath,
Mike Sharland,
Susan J. Lewis,
Alice I. Nichols,
M. Turner
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr351
Subject(s) - vancomycin , gentamicin , therapeutic drug monitoring , medicine , antibiotics , regimen , intensive care medicine , drug , pharmacology , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Gentamicin and vancomycin are commonly used in neonatal units for the treatment of life-threatening infections. This study aimed to describe the dosage regimen and the approach to therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for both antibiotics in units that participate in a UK neonatal network.
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