Title: Macrovancomycin Unmasked: Discovery, Detection, and Five Years of Clinical Experience November 4, 2026

Presenters: Nikola Baumann, Ph.D. and Ryan Stevens, Pharm.D., R.Ph.

Learning Objectives - after this presentation, participants should be able to: 

1. Describe typical pharmacokinetic findings for patients receiving vancomycin.
2. Identify patients, utilizing vancomycin doses and serum concentration values, who may be demonstrating characteristics of macrovancomycin.
3. Describe analytical methods to identify macrovancomycin in serum.

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