Question: Vancomycin Toxicity

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C) Vestibulocochlear-Hearing.


IMPORTANT INFO:

  • Patients may start to have tinnitus.

  • Vancomycin toxicity may lead to deafness.

  • This is one of the reasons why monitoring vancomycin levels in so important.

  • Nephrotoxicity is also another potential complication

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