Cefepime neurotoxicity despite renal adjusted dosing

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 827-829

  Gangireddy, Venu Gopala Reddy ^a   Mitchell, Lauren C ^a   Coleman, Teresa ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cefepime neurotoxicity; Chronic renal failure; Non convulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CREATININE; ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; NITROGEN; PHENYTOIN; UREA;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DETERIORATION; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MONOCYTE; MYOCLONUS; MYOKYMIA; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; RESTLESSNESS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 80052502460     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.581308     Document Type: Article

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