{{Drugbox| |IUPAC_name = (1S,2R,18R,19R,22S,25R,28R,40S)- 48- {[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)- 3- {4- amino- 5- hydroxy- 4,6- dimethyloxan- 2- yloxy}- 4,5- dihydroxy- 6- (hydroxymethyl)oxan- 2- yl]oxy}- 22- (carbamoylmethyl)- 5,15- dichloro- 2,18,32,35,37- pentahydroxy- 19- 4- methyl- 2- (methylamino)pentanamido- 20,23,26,42,44- pentaoxo- 7,13- dioxa- 21,24,27,41,43- pentaazaoctacyclo1pentaconta- 3,5,8(48),9,11,14,16,29(45),30,32,34,36,38,46,49- pentadecaene- 40- carboxylic acid | width=300 | image=Vancomycin.png | CAS_number=1404-90-6 | ChemSpiderID = 14253 | ATC_prefix=A07 | ATC_suffix=AA09 | ATC_supplemental=ATC: XA01 | PubChem=14969 | DrugBank=APRD01287 | C=66 | H=75 | Cl=2 | N=9 | O=24 | molecular_weight = 1449.3 g.mol^-1 | bioavailability= Negligible (oral) | metabolism = Excreted unchanged | elimination_half-life=4–11 hours (adults)
6-10 days (adults, impaired renal function) | excretion = Renal | pregnancy_category = B2 (Au), B (U.S.) | legal_status = S4 (Au), POM (UK), ℞-only (U.S.) | routes_of_administration= IV, oral }} Vancomycin (INN) ( ) is a glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It has traditionally been reserved as a drug of "last resort", used only after treatment with other antibiotics had failed, although the emergence of vancomycin-resistant organisms means that it is increasingly being displaced from this role by linezolid and daptomycin.

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