Falsely elevated vancomycin plasma concentrations sampled from central venous implantable catheters (portacaths)

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 769-772

  Wright, Daniel F B ^a   Al Sallami, Hesham S ^a   Jackson, Pamela M ^b   Reith, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN; BUDESONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FORMOTEROL; ITRACONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COR PULMONALE; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; FEVER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPER IGE SYNDROME; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYPNEA; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 78649271911     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03749.x     Document Type: Letter

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