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SUBMITTER: Blevins AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6496064 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blevins Adam M AM Lashinsky Jennifer N JN McCammon Craig C Kollef Marin M Micek Scott S Juang Paul P
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20190425 5
Critically ill patients are frequently treated with empirical antibiotic therapy, including vancomycin and β-lactams. Recent evidence suggests an increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients who received a combination of vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam (VPT) compared with patients who received vancomycin alone or vancomycin in combination with cefepime (VC) or meropenem (VM), but most studies were conducted predominately in the non-critically ill population. A retrospective coh ...[more]