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Pages 203-208 (March - April 2010)
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Pages 203-208 (March - April 2010)
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Vancomycin: the need to suit serum concentrations in hemodialysis patients
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Lívia Luize Marengo1, Fernando de Sá Del Fiol2, Sara de Jesus Oliveira2, Celso Nakagawa3, Eduardo Leite Croco3, Silvio Barberato-Filho2, Marcela Pellegrini Peçanha4, Douglas Felix da Silva2, Maria Inês de Toledo2,5,
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Correspondence to: Rua Silvério E. Oliveira, 160 – Jd. Saira Sorocaba – São Paulo – Brazil CEP: 18085-645 Phone: 55 15 3238 5266.
1 Pharmacy School of Universidade de Sorocaba PIBIC-CNPq
2 Researcher of the Reference Center on Information About Antibiotics (CRIA) of Universidade de Sorocaba
3 Conjunto Hospitalar de Sorocaba
4 Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - PUC São Paulo
5 Faculdade de Tecnologia de Sorocaba
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The vancomycin dose for hemodialysis (HD) patients should be adjusted by monitoring drug serum concentrations. However, this procedure is not available in most health services in Brazil, which usually adopts protocols based on published studies. The trials available are controversial, and several have not been conducted with current dialyzers. This study aimed at assessing the suitability of vancomycin serum concentrations in HD patients at a public hospital. Blood samples of HD patients were collected from November 2006 to May 2007, at time intervals of 48, 96, 120, or 168 hours after vancomycin administration. Drug measurement was performed with polarized light immunofluorescence. Approximately 86% of trough vancomycin serum concentrations were below the recommended value, indicating exposure to subtherapeutic doses and a higher risk for selecting resistant microorganisms.

Keywords:
vancomycin
chronic renal failure
hemodialysis
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