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A Treatable Encephalopathy in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient - Cefepime-Induced Encephalopathy

We report a patient with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis, who developed encephalopathy after receiving a few doses of cefepime. He recovered clinically and electroencephalographically after having discontinued the culprit agent and undergone hemodialysis. This case highlights the impo...

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Autores principales: Khoo, Ching Soong, Tee, Tze Yuan, Tan, Hui Jan, Ali, Raymond Azman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6454930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31001027
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_315_18