Cefepime overdosage with neurotoxicity recovered by high-volume haemofiltration

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 849-850

  Bresson, Julie ^a   Paugam Burtz, Catherine ^a   Josserand, Julien ^a   Bardin, Christophe ^b   Mantz, Jean ^a   Pease, Sebastian ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Cephalosporins; Encephalopathy; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIKACIN; AMLODIPINE; CEFEPIME; CLONAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; ERTAPENEM; FLUINDIONE; LOSARTAN; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LETHARGY; LETTER; MALE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MYOCLONUS; NEUROTOXICITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; CEPHALOSPORINS; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OVERDOSE;

EID: 52949098030     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn256     Document Type: Letter

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