Levofloxacin-induced acute interstitial nephritis

Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-231

  Liang, K V ^a   Grande, J P ^b   Fidler, M E ^b   Garovic, V D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Interstitial; Levofloxacin; Nephritis; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CREATININE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MORBID OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROTEINURIA; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; URINE SEDIMENT; URINE VOLUME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 84862512812     PISSN: 03933660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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