Monday, April 23, 2012

Q: Vancomycin can be given as? 

A) Intravenous infusion 
B) via oral route (PO)
 C) Via inhaled Nebulizer
 D) via topical application
 E) via drops in eye/ears 
 F) All of the above 


 Answer:

Vancomycin can be given via all the routes as described above. The objective of above question is to emphasis the inhaled administration of Vancomycin as other routes are fairly known to ICU physicians. 

Lately, there has been various reports where inhaled Vancomycin has been used successfully to treat MRSA particularly in cystic Fibrosis patients.

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