Two cases with unusual vancomycin measurements

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-580

  Simons, Stacey A ^a   Molinelli, Alejandro R ^a   Sobhani, Kimia ^a   Rainey, Petrie M ^a   Hoofnagle, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPLASMACYTIC LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANCYTOPENIA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 62149122054     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.112946     Document Type: Article

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