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editorial
. 2015 Nov 19;50(10):900–910. doi: 10.1310/hpj5010-900

Table 3. Percent of patients in which vancomycin trough concentrations of 15 to 20 mg/L were appropriately targeted based on ASHP/IDSA/SIDP recommendations.

Appropriate per ASHP/IDSA/SIDP recommendations? Indication % of patients (n = 200)
Yes 55.5% of patients Pneumonia 27.5
Bacteremia 19.5
Osteomyelitis 7.5
Endocarditis 1

No 16% of patients Neutropenic fever 2.5
Intra-abdominal 6
SSTI 7.5

31.5% Unknown Unknown 31.5

Note: ASHP/IDSA/SIDP = American Society of Health-System Pharmacists/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists; SSTI = skin and soft tissue infection.