Indications lower respiratory tract infections septicemia bone infections sstis staphylococcal endocarditis. Dosage : adult dose : the usual adult dose is the equivalent of 500 mg of vancomycin every 6 hours or 1 g every 12 hours. Paediatric dose : 10 - 15 mgkg every 8 hours. more...
Vancomycin is useful in the therapy of severe staphylococcal infections in patients who cannot receive or who have failed to respond to the penicillins and cephalosporins, or who have infections with staphylococci resistant to other antibiotics. Vancomycin is used in the treatmenmore...