Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report

Cefepime is a fourth-generation cephalosporin that has multitude of uses in various conditions. Cefepime associated neurotoxicity was first described in 1999. Here, we describe a case in which we appreciated the neuropsychiatric effects of cefepime on a patient who had underlying chronic kidney dise...

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Autores principales: Achi, Sai S, White-Gittens, Ian C, Weerasinghe, Anya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33312793
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11395
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description Cefepime is a fourth-generation cephalosporin that has multitude of uses in various conditions. Cefepime associated neurotoxicity was first described in 1999. Here, we describe a case in which we appreciated the neuropsychiatric effects of cefepime on a patient who had underlying chronic kidney disease.
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spelling pubmed-77252032020-12-10 Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report Achi, Sai S White-Gittens, Ian C Weerasinghe, Anya Cureus Internal Medicine Cefepime is a fourth-generation cephalosporin that has multitude of uses in various conditions. Cefepime associated neurotoxicity was first described in 1999. Here, we describe a case in which we appreciated the neuropsychiatric effects of cefepime on a patient who had underlying chronic kidney disease. Cureus 2020-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7725203/ /pubmed/33312793 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11395 Text en Copyright © 2020, Achi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Achi, Sai S
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Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report
title Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report
title_full Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report
title_fullStr Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report
title_short Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report
title_sort cefepime-induced neuropsychiatric manifestations in a patient with chronic kidney disease: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33312793
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