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What is the optimum trough concentration for vancomycin? The Evolution of Monitoring

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For decades, clinicians relied on a target trough level to monitor vancomycin therapy, but a 2020 consensus guideline introduced a major paradigm shift away from this practice. The answer to **what is the optimum trough concentration for vancomycin** is now more complex, emphasizing a balance between efficacy and safety using a more sophisticated metric called the Area Under the Curve to Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (AUC/MIC) ratio.