Researchers have identified the specific mechanism that triggers resistance to vancomycin. A new study led by the scientific director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease ...

This suggests bacteria already have a hard time overcoming vancomycin's original "mechanism of action," which works by disrupting how bacteria form cell walls. Boger called vancomycin "magical ...

Structure Of Antibiotic Ramoplanin Reveals Promising Mechanism Date: August 5, 2009 Source: Duke University Summary: With the "last resort" antibiotic Vancomycin now plagued by the first signs of ...

Vancomycin (as HCl) 500mg/vial, 1g/vial; lyophilized pwd for IV infusion after reconstitution and dilution. The bactericidal action of vancomycin results primarily from inhibition of cell-wall ...

Wright and his team studied the vancomycin-resistance mechanism in the harmless soil bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor. The scientists showed that bacteria detect vancomycin itself. They also ...

Article continues below Dale Boger, co-chair of TSRI’s Department of Chemistry, said the new vancomycin was the first antibiotic to have three independent “mechanisms of action” to kill ...

Dr. Wright’s group studied the vancomycin-resistance mechanism in the harmless soil bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor. They showed that bacteria detect vancomycin itself. Additionally ...

While cefazolin remains the mainstay of antimicrobial prophylaxis in most surgical procedures, there is a growing propensity to combine cefazolin with vancomycin in a number of procedures where ...

Vancomycin and cefepime were administered for 8 days; blood cultures obtained during this period were sterile. The patient remained in the hospital to receive chemotherapy with gemcitabine ...

Molecular mechanism of vancomycin resistance mediated by NOS via S-nitrosylation modification. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...