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Nephrotoxicity Risk and Clinical Effectiveness of Continuous versus Intermittent Infusion Vancomycin Among Patients in an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program.

Pegah ShakeranehTasaduq FaziliDongliang WangTarvinder GilotraJeffrey M SteeleRobert W SeaburyChristopher D MillerWilliam DarkoLuke A ProbstWesley D Kufel
Published in: Pharmacotherapy (2020)
In an OPAT setting, C-I vancomycin was associated with a lower risk of and slower onset to nephrotoxicity than I-I vancomycin; however, no statistically significant difference in clinical failure rates was observed with C-I versus I-I vancomycin.
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