Acute renal failure due to vancomycin toxicity in the setting of unmonitored vancomycin infusion.
Vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity is a commonly feared and largely preventable adverse effect of vancomycin therapy. We present the case of a 56-year-old woman who developed acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis as a result of unmonitored vancomycin infusions for the treatment of osteomyelitis.
Department of Family Medicine, Baylor Scott & White - Garland, Garland, Texas.
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