Abstract Teicoplanin is a glycopeptide antibiotic commonly used to treat Gram-positive bacterial infections in the clinic. The aim of this study was to provide a therapeutic reference for the clinical application and dosage regimen adjustment of teicoplanin by identifying factors associated with its plas...
Resumen:La infección por Clostridium difficile es la principal causa de diarrea infecciosa en pacientes hospitalizados. Los pacientes pueden ser portadores asintomáticos o presentar desde una diarrea leve a una colitis pseudomembranosa, megacolon tóxico, sepsis y muerte. El manejo de esta infección s...
Abstract Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of diarrhea in hospitalized patients worldwide. While metronidazole and vancomycin are the most prescribed antibiotics for the treatment of this infection, teicoplanin, tigecycline and nitazoxanide are alternatives drugs. Knowledge on the antibiotic susce...
Antibiotic prophylaxis has become a standard of care in all surgical categories, since its impact in reducing the incidence of post-operative infections has now been well established. Antibiotic prophylaxis should target expected pathogens. Glycopeptide-based regimens have been considered a choice for su...
Teicoplanin is a glycopeptide antibiotic with similar spectrum to vancomycin. However, unlike this drug, teicoplanin can be administered by i.v. or i.m. route once daily thanks to its long half-life (88 to 182 hours). This pharmacokinetic characteristic is particularly interesting in infections that requ...
En este trabajo se analiza la susceptibilidad in vitro de 64 cepas de Staphylococcus aureus meticilina resistentes (SAMR), aisladas de procesos infecciosos osteo-articulares frente a linezolid y se compara con la de teicoplanina. El 100 por ciento de las cepas analizadas fue inhibido por linezoid entre 0...
Glycopeptides have become a very important class of antibiotics because its widespread usage, the emergence of resistance to this antibiotics and need for new antibiotics to treat serious resistant gram positive infections. We discuss the general characteristics of this class of antibiotics, resistance t...