Eliel Nham, Kyungmin Huh, You Min Sohn, Hyo Jung Park, Hyemee Kim, Sook Young Woo, Jae-Hoon Ko, Sun Young Cho, Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Hee Jae Huh, Hyung-Doo Park, Nam Yong Lee, Kyong Ran Peck
PURPOSE: To find pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic parameters of vancomycin associated with the optimal outcome of severe infection due to Enterococcus species. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed enterococcal bacteremia cases treated with vancomycin from January 2015 to December 2020. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality. We calculated cutoff values of the ratio of vancomycin area under the concentration-time curve over 24 h to the minimum inhibitory concentration (AUC24 /MIC) and trough concentration (Ctrough ) during the initial 72 h of treatment...
August 10, 2022: BMC Infectious Diseases