My mom is on high doses of Vancomycin for pneumonia. Levaquin wasn't getting the job done alone. Now I read that Vancomycin is an antibiotic that can cause bleeding (listed on
www.pdsa.org). My mom's platelet count is at 7 today. Are there other options we should be looking at?
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Mimi, daughter of Lucy age 77, diagnosed MDS Jan. 09; Vidaza Jan 09-Jun 09 no improvement; Clofarabine clinical trial Oct 09-Feb 10 mild improvement in blasts; blasts 4% in Aug 09; 30% Sep 09; 2% in December; 30% in March; AML diagnosed April 2010
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