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I have an allergy to penicillin and I have taken vancomycin to treat Staphylococcus aureus. Is vancomycin has penicillin from the base?
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Penicillinase-resistant penicillins (flucloxacillin, dicloxacillin) remain the antibiotics of choice for the management of serious methicillin-susceptible S. Aureus (MSSA) infections, but first generation cephalosporins (cefazolin, cephalothin and cephalexin), clindamycin, lincomycin and erythromycin have important.
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vancomycin is a glycopeptide group of antibiotics. it is recommended in pencillin allergy as an alternative.
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