Patient Comments: Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) - Treatments
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Vancomycin - Symptoms
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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) - Causes
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For my VRE infection I use a 50 mg Tigecycline IV twice every day for 7 days, followed by Zyvox (linezolid) 600 mg orally twice every day for 10 days.
Related Medications: Tigecycline