DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Teicoplanin
Teicoplanin
Teicoplanin is an antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. It is a glycopeptide antibiotic extracted from Actinoplanes teichomyceticus, with a similar spectrum of activity to vancomycin. Its mechanism of action is to inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis. Teicoplanin is marketed by Sanofi-Aventis under the trade name Targocid. Oral teicoplanin has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of pseudomembranous colitis and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea, with comparable efficacy with vancomycin...
Teicoplanin - List of case studies
- Stage 4 Neuroblastoma – additional opinion
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treated with parenteral triple-antibiotic therapy with Teicoplanin , Amikacin and Ceftazidime , due to the negative blood culture ... he was treated with triple-antibiotic therapy with Teicoplanin, Amikacin and Ceftazidime and antifungal therapy with Ambisome , ...
- Drugs
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Taxol (Paclitaxel) Taxotere Tegretol Teicoplanin Teilkörper-Hyperthermie Telebrix Temodal ...
- Stage 4 Neuroblastoma
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treated with parenteral triple-antibiotic therapy with Teicoplanin , Amikacin and Ceftazidime , due to the negative blood culture ... he was treated with triple-antibiotic therapy with Teicoplanin, Amikacin and Ceftazidime and antifungal therapy with Ambisome , ...