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Would you avoid using cephalosporins in a patient with a history of cephalosporin neurotoxicity in the setting of CKD?

Do you routinely continue dual antibiotic coverage or de-escalate to monotherapy based on peritoneal fluid culture sensitivities in patients with relapsing pseudomonas aeruginosa peritoneal dialysis peritonitis after peritoneal catheter removal?

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Do you preferentially avoid use of piperacillin-tazobactam for empiric anti-pseudomonal coverage in hospitalized patients due to risk of nephrotoxicity?

ACORN Randomized Clinical Trial

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Do you recommend antibiotic prophylaxis for an ESKD patient with a tunneled dialysis catheter who is planned for a dental procedure?

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Circulation, 2008 Jun 09

Bacteremia associated with toothbrushing and dental extraction.

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 1999 May-Jun

Prophylactic antibiotic therapy prior to dental treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease.

Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.), 2004 Jun

Antibiotic prophylaxis in dialysis patients undergoing invasive dental treatment.

JAMA internal medicine, 2024 May 13

Mortality of Patients With Sepsis Administered Piperacillin-Tazobactam vs Cefepime.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1981 Nov

Pharmacokinetics of ceftriaxone in humans.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1983 Oct

Pharmacokinetics of ceftriaxone in patients with renal failure and in those undergoing hemodialysis.

Nephron, 1987

Cefazolin-induced encephalopathy in a uraemic patient.

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