Nafcillin

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Antibiotic resistance, CA-MRSA makes susceptibility testing essential  -  ‎Oct 19, 2009‎
...“In our particular area we know we have a high clindamycin resistant rate, so we're using vancomycin in combination with nafcillin until we know ... Pediatric SuperSite

Four cases of nafcillin-associated acute interstitial nephritis in...  -  Feb 13, 2007
Background Over the course of 1 year, four patients in a single institution developed acute kidney injury most likely secondary to nafcillin-associated ... Nature.com

Four Cases of Nafcillin-Associated Acute Interstitial Nephritis:...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Background Over the course of 1 year, four patients in a single institution developed acute kidney injury most likely secondary to nafcillin-associated ... Medscape

FDA Safety Changes: Coreg, Cordarone, Nafcillin  -  Nov 17, 2006
November 17, 2006 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved safety labeling revisions to advise on the use of carvedilol tablets in diabetic ... Medscape

Illinois Administrative Code - 77 Ill. Adm. Code 790.6450 NAFCILLIN …  -  Aug 10, 2005
77 Ill. Adm. Code 790.6450 NAFCILLIN SODIUM (Repealed) Repealed. (Source: Repealed at 17 Ill. Reg. 15916, effective September 20, 1993) ... Pay-Per-View - Illinois Administrative Code - Loislaw

Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of outpatient parenteral...  -  Jun 1, 2005
Nafcillin also had significantly more adverse events than ceftriaxone. Access device-related adverse events are shown in Table 3. In the present study, ... $4.95 - Southern Medical Journal - ECNext

Early-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely...  -  Feb 1, 2007
Antimicrobial sensitivity was determined, however, and the organism was sensitive to penicillin, nafcillin, cefazolin, clindamycin, erythromycin and ... Nature.com

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: How Best to Treat Now?  -  Sep 1, 2005
Similarly, nafcillin, oxacillin, or cefazolin had been the agents of choice ... Nafcillin or oxacillin (these agents are therapeutic equivalents) is also ... $4.95 - Consultant - ECNext

Penicillins (Systemic).  -  Feb 1, 2006
Nafcillin (naf-SILL-in)(***) 11. Oxacillin (ox-a-SILL-in )(***)(**) ... For nafcillin For bacterial infections: For (oral) dosage form (capsules and ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

Management of Staphylococcus aureus infections.  -  Dec 15, 2005
A beta-lactam (i.e., nafcillin) is the drug of choice for patients with MSSA not allergic to penicillin; vancomycin is preferred for MRSA ... $4.95 - American Family Physician - ECNext

IDSA releases guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of skin and...  -  Oct 1, 2006
Not recommended for minocycline given orally children younger than eight years Nafcillin or 1 to 2 g every 100 to 150 mg per kg per oxacillin four hours ... Free with registration - American Family Physician - AccessMyLibrary.com

Counterattacking major infections.  -  Dec 1, 2005
Treatment must begin immediately with semisynthetic penicillin (nafcillin or oxacillin) or cephalosporins (cefazolin) given intravenously. ... Free with registration - PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs... - AccessMyLibrary.com

Postauricular abscess leading to internal jugular vein thrombosis: a...  -  Apr 1, 2006
On hospital day 1, the patient was started on IV nafcillin at 1.0 g every 4 hours; ... He was discharged home on hospital day 9 on warfarin and nafcillin. ... $4.95 - Ear, Nose and Throat Journal - ECNext

IDSA releases guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of skin and...  -  Oct 1, 2006
Not recommended for minocycline given orally children younger than eight years Nafcillin or 1 to 2 g every 100 to 150 mg per kg per oxacillin four hours ... $4.95 - American Family Physician - ECNext

New-onset neck and shoulder pain in an arthritis patient  -  Jun 26, 2008
Six weeks of IV nafcillin administered through a peripherally inserted central catheter line for the MSSA right shoulder septic-joint infection yielded ... Cortlandt Forum

Clindamycin Treatment of Community-acquired MR and MS Staph A …  -  Jul 1, 2006
Among MSSA patients, clindamycin, nafcillin, or other beta-lactam antibiotics were used in 24, 18, and 9, respectively. Clindamycin was the sole effective ... AAP Grand Rounds (subscription)

What is the best initial treatment for orbital cellulitis in children?...  -  Aug 1, 2007
Intravenous penicillinase-resistant penicillins (nafcillin) or a ... Nafcillin plus ceftriaxone and metronidazole is the recommended treatment for orbital ... $4.95 - Journal of Family Practice - ECNext

Cubicin® (Daptomycin): Treatment of S. Aureus Bacteremia/Endocarditis  -  Aug 1, 2006
With the overuse of traditional antibiotic therapy such as nafcillin and oxacillin, there has been a surge of drug-resistant bacteria emerging for which ... Pay-Per-View - Infectious Disease Alert - Factiva, from Dow Jones

Hepatitis associated with micafungin use in a preterm infant  -  Jun 30, 2008
A 44-day-old 2400 g former 28 week human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C-exposed premature female was in her fourth week of nafcillin therapy ... Nature.com

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in …  -  Jun 1, 2005
...mother 24 y F Unique Peripheral IV catheter site Patient Initial therapy Definitive therapy P1, newborn Nafcillin, Topical gentamicin cefotaxime P2, ... $4.95 - Emerging Infectious Diseases - ECNext

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Drug Allergies - Topic Overview  -  Jul 24, 2007
Penicillins (such as nafcillin, ampicillin, or amoxicillin). These types of medicines cause the most drug allergies. WebMD

ALBION: MRSA found at Albion school  -  Oct 25, 2007
Though the MRSA bacteria cannot be effectively treated by antibiotics such as penicillin, cephalosporin, nafcillin or methicillin, it usually can be treated ... Journal-Register

Targanta Therapeutics Presents In Vitro Data Highlighting Oritavancin'...  -  Oct 25, 2008
10:45 am- 11:00 am Slides Belley Oritavancin (ORI) October 28 Combinations with Linezolid (LIN) and Nafcillin (NAF) are Synergistic against Vancomycin ... RedOrbit

NOTE ALLERGY PRECAUTIONS  -  Jun 14, 2007
Since you almost died when you took amoxicillin, I'd avoid medications in the same class, such as penicillin, ampicillin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, ... Pay-Per-View - South Florida Sun - Sentinel - ProQuest Archiver

MRSA: A Clinical Perspective  -  Jan 11, 2008
So if you had S aureus, MSSA bacteremia, or endocarditis, our drug of choice is nafcillin. It's similar for skin infections: If you have MSSA, we don't want ... Medscape

How to take Ropinirole from Consumer Reports Health.  -  Jan 10, 2008
...medications for anxiety and seizures; medications that cause drowsiness; metoclopramide (Reglan); mexiletine (Mexitil); modafanil (Provigil); nafcillin; ... consumerreports.org

Idiopathic Necrotizing Fasciitis: Risk Factors and Strategies for …  -  May 20, 2005
Penicillin-clindamycin-gentamicin or ampicillin/sulbactam or nafcillin or cefazolin plus metronidazol combinations were considered in the initial ... RedOrbit

Rapid test flags S. aureus, methicillin susceptibility.(Infectious...  -  Dec 1, 2008
With the bacteriophage test, a result indicating MSSA allows for the patient to be safely switched from empiric vancomycin to nafcillin or another ... Pay-Per-View - Family Practice News - HighBeam Research

ALDESLEUKIN (Intravenous route) - al-des-LOO-kin.(Drug overview)  -  May 1, 2007
Antibiotic prophylaxis with oxacillin, nafcillin, ciprofloxacin, or vancomycin has been associated with a reduced incidence of staphylococcal infections. ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy  -  Jan 19, 2005
Penicillin G potassium, nafcillin, oxacillin, and vancomycin require central access if they are to be infused at standard concentrations. ... Medscape

Special Report: Saving Bobby  -  Feb 20, 2006
To make up for that deficit in flows an antibiotic called ceftriaxone and then nafcillin, a penicillin derivative commonly used against staphylococcus ... Los Angeles Times

Polish up on past pestilence and present pathogens.  -  Jun 1, 2008
For the next four days, the patient was treated with azithromycin, ceftriaxone, nafcillin, and steroids. Nevertheless, he became hypotensive and febrile, ... $9.94 - Medical Laboratory Observer - Alacra Store

Event Brief of Q3 2005 Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Earnings Conferenc...  -  Oct 1, 2005
Should they treat the patient with the gold standard a semisynthetic penicillin such as Nafcillin along with a few days of gentamicin hoping that the ... Free with registration - America's Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com

Case study: 55-year-old man with thrombocytopenia  -  Jul 1, 2007
Drugs including nafcillin, vancomycin, quinine, heparin, furosemide and others could provide an immune/drug mediated destruction of platelets. ... HemOncToday

Rapid test flags Staph. aureus and methicillin susceptibility.(Infecti...  -  Dec 1, 2008
With the bacteriophage test, a result indicating MSSA allows for the patient to be safely switched from empiric vancomycin to nafcillin or another ... Pay-Per-View - Skin & Allergy News - HighBeam Research

Sneezing? Itchy Watery Eyes? You May Be Allergic To Drugs .  -  Jun 15, 2007
Since you almost died when you took amoxicillin, I'd avoid medica tions in the same class, such as penicillin, ampicillin, nafcillin, ... Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News Archive

Q2 2005 Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Final.  -  Jul 20, 2005
...and I would remind folks that the comparator in this study was actually dual therapy-- either vancomycin plus gentamicin or nafcillin plus gentamicin, ... Free with registration - Fair Disclosure Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com

Recommended Treatment for MRSA That Looks Like Impetigo  -  Jan 5, 2006
Similarly, nafcillin, oxacillin, or cefazolin had been the agents of choice for initial treatment of moderate to severe infections such as osteomyelitis, ... Medscape

New Drug Telavancin Tops Vancomycin in Patients With MRSA Skin …  -  Dec 19, 2005
...with 1 of the following regimens: comycin at 1 g every 12 hours, nafcillin or oxacillin 2 g every 6 hours, or cloxacillin 0.5 to 1 g every 6 hours. ... DG News

How to take Selegiline from Consumer Reports Health.  -  Jan 7, 2007
...carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Equetro); medications for cough and cold symptoms or for weight loss; nafcillin; phenobarbital; phenytoin (Dilantin); ... consumerreports.org

Lannett Company Receives Approval for Probenecid Tablets 500 mg, …  -  May 22, 2006
Probenecid is also used as adjunctive therapy with some antibiotics such as penicillin, ampicillin, methicillin, oxacillin, cloxacillin, or nafcillin, ... Free with registration - Business Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in …  -  Jun 1, 2005
Nafcillin use was similar in both groups (8% vs. 11%). For 16% of the CA-MRSA cases, empiric therapy was with an agent to which the infecting isolate was ... Free with registration - Emerging Infectious Diseases - AccessMyLibrary.com

Fatal reactive hemophagocytosis related to disseminated histoplasmosis...  -  Feb 1, 2007
Repeat echo revealed a thickened aortic valve with a mobile mass on the right coronary cusp, and he was treated for six weeks with nafcillin and received ... Free with registration - Southern Medical Journal - AccessMyLibrary.com

WHO expert committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations...  -  Aug 1, 2005
9930347 methyltestosterone 100mg 167023 9930348 meticillin sodium 200mg 274024 9930350 metronidazole 100mg 183118 9930351 nafcillin sodium 200mg 272025 ... Free with registration - Technical Report Series - AccessMyLibrary.com

CA-MRSA infections an increasing concern in early infancy  -  Aug 8, 2006
Since nafcillin is the preferred agent for MSSA infections, some experts recommend combination therapy with vancomycin for suspected staphylococcal ... AAP News - AAP News (subscription)

Tricuspid valve endocarditis with group b streptococcus after an...  -  Jan 1, 2006
Blood cultures grew gram-positive cocci in chains presumed to be S pneumonia and nafcillin was added. She left against medical advice and two weeks later ... Free with registration - Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and... - AccessMyLibrary.com

MRSA Outbreak Prompts Change in Prescribing Habits  -  Apr 13, 2005
...vancomycin: 5%) compared with the period from 1990 to 2000 (nafcillin: 49%, cefazolin: 22%, clindamycin: 12%, cefotaxime: 5%, ceftriaxone: 5%). ... Medscape

Fatal reactive hemophagocytosis related to disseminated histoplasmosis...  -  Feb 1, 2007
Repeat echo revealed a thickened aortic valve with a mobile mass on the right coronary cusp, and he was treated for six weeks with nafcillin and received ... $4.95 - Southern Medical Journal - ECNext

Clinical pearl  -  Nov 30, 2006
Cefazolin, a first-generation cephalosporin, nafcillin, an antistaphylococcal synthetic penicillin and ceftriaxone, a third-generation cephalosporin, ... American Medical News

Cyclosporine (Systemic).  -  Feb 1, 2006
Tegretol) or Nafcillin or Octreotide (eg, Sandostatin) or Orlistat (eg, Xenical) or Phenobarbital (eg, Luminal) or Phenytoin (eg, Dilantin, Phenytek) or ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

Bacterial Infections in Special Populations  -  Mar 22, 2006
For tricuspid valve infections and endocarditis, the investigators endorse the 2-week parenteral treatment (oxacillin or nafcillin plus an aminoglycoside ... Medscape

Methicillin-resistant--Staphylococcus aureus hospitalizations, United...  -  Jun 1, 2005
...followed by increasing resistance to the new semisynthetic penicillinase-resistant antimicrobial drugs (eg, methicillin, oxacillin, nafcillin) (3). ... $4.95 - Emerging Infectious Diseases - ECNext

Evidenced-based practice for control of methicillin-resistant …  -  Feb 1, 2005
...(1,2) One strain of Staphylococcus aureus, (ie, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA]), is resistant to methicillin, oxacillin, nafcillin, ... Pay-Per-View - AORN Journal - Factiva, from Dow Jones

Hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus aureus in ...  -  Sep 1, 2005
...agent such as nafcillin, cefazolin, or vancomycin to which the patient's isolate was susceptible) or in conjunction with breakthrough SA bacteremia. $4.95 - Southern Medical Journal - ECNext

Linezolid may be overused to treat staphylococcal infections.(Infectio...  -  Jun 15, 2005
In contrast, much experience and data are available on use of nafcillin and gentamicin, or vancomycin with or without gentamicin, Dr. Dismukes said. ... Pay-Per-View - Family Practice News - Factiva, from Dow Jones

MRSA may cause VT in rare cases.(Clinical Capsules) | Article from...  -  Aug 1, 2006
Infections in the other 2 patients were caused by community-acquired methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; these patients were treated with nafcillin for 2 ... Pay-Per-View - Skin & Allergy News - HighBeam Research

Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia: a "superbug" infection in community ...  -  Sep 1, 2005
...with vancomycin has been shown to have greater overall failure rates (37% to 50%) compared to similar patients treated with nafcillin (1.4% to 26%). ... Pay-Per-View - Chest - Factiva, from Dow Jones

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in …  -  Jun 1, 2005
Nafcillin use was similar in both groups (8% vs. 11%). For 16% of the CA-MRSA cases, empiric therapy was with an agent to which the infecting isolate was ... $4.95 - Emerging Infectious Diseases - ECNext

Fever and chest pain in a man with diabetes and renal failure.( …  -  Feb 1, 2005
The patient was initially given vancomycin and gentamicin, but the regimen was changed to nafcillin when culture results were reported on day 2. ... $4.95 - Journal of Respiratory Diseases - ECNext

Osteomyelitis.(IN A PAGE)  -  Aug 1, 2005
...--IV nafcillin or 1st generation cephalosporin is a good choice for uncomplicated infections --Obtain cultures before beginning treatment ... $4.95 - Clinician Reviews - ECNext

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus, and fluoroquinolone …  -  Aug 1, 2005
Oxacillin or nafcillin susceptibility was used to determine the percentage of MRSA. Mixed-effects repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to analyze ... $4.95 - Emerging Infectious Diseases - ECNext

Clinical deterioration among patients with fever and erythroderma.  -  Dec 1, 2006
Antibiotics that were considered to be "antistaphylococcal" included cephalosporins (first generation), clindamycin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, ... $4.95 - Pediatrics - ECNext

Evidenced-based practice for control of methicillin-resistant …  -  Feb 1, 2005
...(1,2) One strain of Staphylococcus aureus, (ie, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA]), is resistant to methicillin, oxacillin, nafcillin, ... $4.95 - AORN Journal - ECNext

PENICILLIN (Oral route, Injection route, Intravenous route, Intramuscu...  -  May 1, 2007
For nafcillin: * For bacterial infections: * For oral dosage form (capsules and tablets): * Adults and teenagers -- 250 milligrams (mg) to 1 gram every four ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

Outpatient management of anticoagulation therapy.(Drug overview)( …  -  Apr 1, 2007
...(Cipro) Griseofulvin (Grisactin) Disulfiram (Antabuse) Nafcillin Erythromycin Rifampin (Rifadin) Fluconazole (Diflucan) Sucralfate (Carafate) Influenza ... Free with registration - American Family Physician - AccessMyLibrary.com

Outpatient management of anticoagulation therapy.(Drug overview)( …  -  Apr 1, 2007
...(Cipro) Griseofulvin (Grisactin) Disulfiram (Antabuse) Nafcillin Erythromycin Rifampin (Rifadin) Fluconazole (Diflucan) Sucralfate (Carafate) Influenza ... $4.95 - American Family Physician - ECNext





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