Falsely elevated vancomycin-concentration values from enzyme immunoassay leading to treatment failure.

CONCLUSION: Falsely elevated values for serum vancomycin concentration, measured by EIA, contributed to treatment failure in a patient. The substance presumably responsible for EIA interferences was not identified. PMID: 31697345 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31697345?dopt=Abstract

Source: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP - November 6, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Singer B, Stevens RW, Westley BP, Nicolau DP Tags: Am J Health Syst Pharm Source Type: research

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