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2. Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy - Wikipedia

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   Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is used to administer non-oral antibiotics (usually intravenously) without the need for ongoing hospitalisation.OPAT is particularly useful for people who are not severely ill but do require a prolonged course of treatment that cannot be given in oral form. [1]

3. Vancomycin - Wikipedia

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   Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic medication used to treat certain bacterial infections. [7] It is administered intravenously (injection into a vein) to treat complicated skin infections, bloodstream infections, endocarditis, bone and joint infections, and meningitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. [8]

4. Glycopeptide antibiotic - Wikipedia

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   Glycopeptide antibiotics are a class of drugs of microbial origin that are composed of glycosylated cyclic or polycyclic nonribosomal peptides.Significant glycopeptide antibiotics include the anti-infective antibiotics vancomycin, teicoplanin, telavancin, ramoplanin, avoparcin and decaplanin, corbomycin, complestatin and the antitumor antibiotic bleomycin.

5. Common antibiotic use linked to rise of ‘almost untreatable ...

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   A common antibiotic used to treat liver disease could give rise to an “almost untreatable” superbug, scientists warned in a new study.. The antibiotic, rifaximin, has enabled the global ...

6. Drug of last resort - Wikipedia

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   There are also strains of enterococci that have developed resistance to vancomycin referred to as vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE). Agents classified as fourth-line (or greater) treatments or experimental therapies could be considered by default to be drugs of last resort due to their low placement in the treatment hierarchy.

7. Amycolatopsis orientalis - Wikipedia

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   The antibiotic vancomycin was first isolated from the bacteria in 1953. [4] [5] References This page was last edited on 17 August 2023, at 02:05 (UTC). ...

8. Choking emergency? How to do the Heimlich maneuver - AOL

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   Next, thrust in an inward and upward motion on the diaphragm. This will force air out of the lungs and remove the blockage. Repeat these abdominal thrusts up to five times, the doctor advised.

9. How to save a fentanyl victim: Key facts about naloxone - AOL

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   Naloxone is an over-the-counter nasal-spray medication that can save an overdose victim by rapidly reversing the effects of fentanyl, heroin and other opioids. Doctors urge all people ...