Sarah Jorgensen ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ Profile picture
Perinatal epidemiologist @MCResearchInst | maternal-infant health, vaccine safety, antibiotic stewardship | pharmacist once upon a time
Mar 20, 2021 โ€ข 25 tweets โ€ข 14 min read
Our #vancomycin AUC-based therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) counterpoint is out!

Thrilled to work on this with @wfwrighID @BradSpellberg & Twitterless Andrew Shorr ๐Ÿ˜€

Check out ๐Ÿงตfor highlights? ๐Ÿ‘‡ 1/n Brief background.
1st 2009 #vancomycin guidelines recommended troughs 15-20 for serious MRSA infections due to #vancomycin โ€˜MIC creepโ€™ & associated treatment failures.
But not based on evidence for efficacy or safety ๐Ÿ˜ถ

academic.oup.com/ajhp/article-aโ€ฆ 2/n