{"id":30065,"date":"2025-02-12T10:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T05:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30065"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:27:11","slug":"vancomycin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vancomycin\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancomycin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Vancomycin Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A study led by the University of Birmingham recently found that vancomycin, a commonly used antibiotic for diarrhea, could effectively treat a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) linked to autoimmune liver disease.<\/p>\n<h2>About Vancomycin<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>glycopeptide antibioticused to treat severe<\/strong> but susceptible <strong>bacterial infections such as MRSA <\/strong>(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).<\/li>\n<li>It is commonly used to <strong>treat infections in the bloodstream, <\/strong>skin and soft tissues, <strong>heart valves <\/strong>(endocarditis),<strong> bones, joints, <\/strong>and certain <strong>intestinal infections like C. difficile-associated diarrhea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>However, this medicine may cause some <strong>serious side effects,<\/strong> including <strong>damage to<\/strong> your <strong>hearing and kidneys. <\/strong>These side effects may be more<strong> likely to occur in elderly patients.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vancomycin <strong>will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mechanism of Action of Vancomycin<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Vancomycin works by<strong> interfering with the bacterial cell wall synthesis.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bacterial cells have a rigid outer layer called the cell wall, which provides structural support and protects the cell from bursting.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Vancomycin binds to specific components in the cell wall, preventing the formation of a stable cell wall structure.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>As a result, the <strong>bacterial cell becomes weak<\/strong> and more <strong>susceptible to damage, leading to its death.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vancomycin FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the drug vancomycin used for?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Vancomycin is used to treat infections caused by bacteria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What class of antibiotic is vancomycin?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Vancomycin is in a class of medications called glycopeptide antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the main side effect of vancomycin?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It may cause some serious side effects, including damage to your hearing and kidneys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/health-fitness\/health-news\/common-antibiotic-that-treats-diarrhea-can-also-treat-inflammatory-bowel-disease-study\/articleshow\/118140551.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic used to treat severe but susceptible bacterial infections. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}