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Early Antimicrobial De-escalation Is Associated with Decreased Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Receiving Empiric Combination Therapy

BACKGROUND: Combination antimicrobial therapy is often initiated for empiric treatment of infections. Recently, vancomycin (VAN) and piperacillin-tazobactam (TZP) therapy has been linked to increases in acute kidney injury (AKI). The objective of this study was to determine whether antimicrobial de-...

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Autores principales: Rutter, W Cliff, Burgess, David S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631197/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1244