Cephalexin-induced acute tubular necrosis

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 808-811

  Longstreth, Kristen L ^a   Robbins, Steven D ^a,b   Smavatkul, Chanigan ^a   Doe, Nathaniel S ^a,b  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute tubular necrosis; Cephalexin; Cephalosporins; Nephrotoxicity; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; FAMOTIDINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRURITUS; SORE THROAT; VOMITING;

ADULT; CEPHALEXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHARYNGITIS;

EID: 2942562014     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.24.8.808.36069     Document Type: Article

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