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Podcast: Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Episode: Vancomycin Podcast – Pharmacology, Adverse Effects, and Monitoring
Description: In this episode, we are going to take a closer look at Vancomycin, one of the most widely used antibiotics in the hospital setting and a medication that pharmacists frequently monitor. Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic primarily used to treat serious gram-positive infections, including those caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Its mechanism of action involves inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to the D-alanine–D-alanine portion of peptidoglycan precursors, which ultimately prevents the bacteria from forming a stable cell wall.
Clinically, vancomycin is commonly used for infections such as bacteremia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and severe skin an...