Eosinophilia; side effect of vancomycin which is not often detected: Case report

• Main Authors: Eyup Aydogan, Ayse Ilksen Egilmez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of TURAZ AKADEMI 2018-06-01
• Series: Medicine Science
• Subjects: Vancomycin; methicillin-resistant; eosinophilia; intensive care; medication-related
• Online Access: http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=279153

In recent years, medication-related diseases have become a major concern in elderly care. Elderly people tend to experience more negative drug events than younger patients due to accompanying diseases, multiple drug use, and age-related changes in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of drugs. Vancomycin is a nephrotoxic and ototoxic antibiotic commonly used in gram (+) bacterial infections, especially in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which can cause important problems such as flushing, muscle spasm, redman syndrome. It was aimed to report vancomycin drug reaction, which emerges of elevated eosinophilia. [Med-Science 2018; 7(2.000): 453-5]