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SUBMITTER: Pais GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591602 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pais Gwendolyn M GM Avedissian Sean N SN O'Donnell J Nicholas JN Rhodes Nathaniel J NJ Lodise Thomas P TP Prozialeck Walter C WC Lamar Peter C PC Cluff Cameron C Gulati Anil A Fitzgerald Julie C JC Downes Kevin J KJ Zuppa Athena F AF Scheetz Marc H MH
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20190624 7
Urinary biomarkers are superior to serum creatinine for defining onset and extent of kidney injury. This study classifies the temporal predictive ability of biomarkers for vancomycin-induced kidney injury (VIKI) as defined by histopathologic damage. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (<i>n</i> = 125) were randomized to receive 150 to 400 mg/kg of body weight/day vancomycin via once or twice daily intraperitoneal injection over 1, 3, or 6 days. Urine was collected once during the 24 h prior to euthanasia o ...[more]