Risk factors for nephrotoxicity associated with continuous vancomycin infusion in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy | Zendy

Paul R. Ingram | Zendy; David Chien Lye | Zendy; Paul Anantharajah Tambyah | Zendy; Wei Peng Goh | Zendy; Vincent H. Tam | Zendy; Dale Fisher | Zendy

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Risk factors for nephrotoxicity associated with continuous vancomycin infusion in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy

Author(s) -

Paul R. Ingram,

David Chien Lye,

Paul Anantharajah Tambyah,

Wei Peng Goh,

Vincent H. Tam,

Dale Fisher

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn080

Subject(s) - nephrotoxicity , medicine , vancomycin , odds ratio , creatinine , renal function , retrospective cohort study , concomitant , confidence interval , risk factor , surgery , toxicity , biology , bacteria , genetics , staphylococcus aureus

Continuous vancomycin infusion is increasingly used for outpatient management of infections, but the relationship between vancomycin and nephrotoxicity is controversial. We investigated the risk factors associated with nephrotoxicity in this setting.

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