Vancomycin, linked to bleeding disorder

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An antibiotic often used in hospital intensive care units

to treat serious staph infections resistant to other medicines may cause a

sometimes-fatal bleeding condition, researchers said on Wednesday. A study in the New England Journal

of Medicine linked the antibiotic vancomycin

to a disorder called thrombocytopenia. It is associated with abnormal bleeding and

marked by a decrease in blood platelets -- cells that help the

blood to clot. …………..

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_45964.html

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Quick question- would vancomycin be connected to cyclimicine?

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