| 41. | But vancomycin, the last line of defense against infections, is losing its punch.
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| 42. | For most of those infections, only one approved antibiotic, vancomycin, remains effective.
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| 43. | The dilemma over how and when to use vancomycin isn't confined to Britain.
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| 44. | In practice, MRSAs are resistant to many antibiotics and some to all but vancomycin.
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| 45. | Elizabeth and dozens of others with vancomycin-resistant infections have been helped by Synercid.
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| 46. | Now it is developing resistance to the last line of defense, the antibiotic vancomycin.
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| 47. | Candidates include clindamycin, Rifampin and vancomycin.
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| 48. | The caustic nature of vancomycin makes IV therapy using peripheral lines a risk for thrombophlebitis.
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| 49. | As resistance to other antibiotics has increased, doctors have turned to vancomycin with growing regularity.
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| 50. | Tenover said overuse and misuse of antibiotics is increasing the likelihood of vancomycin-resistant staph.
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