Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8736727 | The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A retrospective cohort study, were evaluated: polymyxin B plus aminoglycosides or polymyxin B plus other antibiotics. Any degree of acute kidney injury occurred in 26 (86.6%) patients. The median time to acute kidney injury was 6.0 (95% CI 3-14) days in the polymyxin-aminoglycoside containing regimen group, against 27.0 (95% CI 6-42) days in the polymyxin with other antimicrobial combinations group (p = 0.03). Polymyxin B with aminoglycosides group progressed faster to any degree of renal dysfunction.
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Authors
Cely Saad Abboud, Gauri G. Rao, Ercilia E. Souza, Alexandre P. Zavascki, Carlos Kiffer,