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  2. Vancomycin - Wikipedia

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    vancomycin flushing syndrome (VFS), previously known as red man syndrome (or "redman syndrome"); [26] thrombophlebitis, which is common when administered through peripheral catheters but not when central venous catheters are used, although central venous catheters are a predisposing factor for upper-extremity deep-vein thrombosis. [31]

  3. Glycopeptide antibiotic - Wikipedia

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    One of the side effects is red man syndrome, an idiosyncratic reaction to bolus caused by histamine release. Some other side-effects of vancomycin are nephrotoxicity including kidney failure and interstitial nephritis, blood disorders including neutropenia, and deafness, which is reversible once therapy has stopped. Over 90% of the dose is ...

  4. Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction - Wikipedia

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    Lipoproteins released from treatment of Treponema pallidum infections are believed to induce the Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction. [3] The Herxheimer reaction has shown an increase in inflammatory cytokines during the period of exacerbation, including tumor necrosis factor alpha , interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 .

  5. Red man syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Red man syndrome may refer to: Red man syndrome (Drug eruption) Erythroderma This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 21:53 (UTC). Text is available under ...

  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. Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis - Wikipedia

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    AGEP is characterized by sudden skin eruptions that appear on average five days after a medication is started. These eruptions are pustules, i.e. small red white or red elevations of the skin that contain cloudy or purulent material . [1] The skin lesions usually resolve within 1–3 days of stopping the offending medication. [2]

  8. Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms - Wikipedia

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    The symptoms of DRESS syndrome usually begin 2 to 6 weeks but uncommonly up to 8–16 weeks after exposure to an offending drug. Symptoms generally include fever, an often itchy rash which may be morbilliform or consist mainly of macules or plaques, facial edema (i.e. swelling, which is a hallmark of the disease), enlarged and sometimes painful lymph nodes, and other symptoms due to ...

  9. Dalbavancin - Wikipedia

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    It belongs to the same class as vancomycin, the most widely used and one of the treatments available to people infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). [7] Dalbavancin is a semisynthetic lipoglycopeptide that was designed to improve upon the natural glycopeptides vancomycin and teicoplanin. [8]