Aminoglycoside-associated acute kidney injury in elderly patients with and without shock

Ong, Lizhen; Anantharajah Tambyah, Paul; Lum, Lionel; Low, Zhen-Jie; Cheng, Ivy; Murali Murali, Tanusya; Wan, Meiqi; Chua, Horng‐Ruey

doi:10.1093/jac/dkw296

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Aminoglycoside-associated acute kidney injury in elderly patients with and without shock

Published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy • Aug 5, 2016

Authors:

Lizhen Ong

Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

Lionel Lum

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Multiresistant Gram-negative pathogens pose major healthcare concerns with a limited therapeutic armamentarium. Aminoglycosides (AG) are under-utilized due to nephrotoxicity. We aimed to evaluate AG-associated acute kidney injury (AG-AKI) in elderly inpatients, with and without shock. ME...

Subject

Aminoglycoside

Medicine

Acute kidney injury

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