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Glycopeptide-induced vasculitis--cross-reactivity between vancomycin and teicoplanin
C Marshall1, A Street, K Galbraith
1Pharmacy Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
The Journal of Infection
|November 20, 1998
Abstract:
Teicoplanin has been suggested for use in patients suffering complications from vancomycin. We describe two patients who developed a vasculitic rash whilst on vancomycin with recrudescence of the rash with subsequent teicoplanin therapy.