Accidental overdose of vancomycin in preterm twins

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 744-745

  Müller, Dominik ^a,b   Hufnagel, Markus ^a   Suttorp, Meinolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Infants; Nephrotoxicity; Preterm; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TACHYCARDIA;

ACIDOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; OVERDOSE; PRURITUS; SYNDROME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0344131375     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199908000-00025     Document Type: Article

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