Vancomycin Infusion Reaction — Moving beyond “Red Man Syndrome”
Santiago Alvarez-Arango, S. Michelle Ogunwole, Thomas D. Sequist, Caitlin M. Burk, Kimberly G. Blumenthal
Abstract
Although “red man” might, at first glance, be taken as a straightforward description of a white male patient with an erythematous skin reaction, the term had a ready referent outside medicine, where it had long carried racist connotations.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineVancomycinAnesthesiaSurgeryTerm (time)Intensive care medicineMEDLINEComplicationAction (physics)AntibioticsAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingHistorical Medical Research and Treatments