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Incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and its impact on patient outcomes among adult hospitalized patients with carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative infections who received targeted treatment with a newer β-lactam or β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor-, polymyxin- or aminoglycoside-containing regimen.

Thomas P LodiseEmre YucelEngels N ObiAlexandre H WatanabeBrian H Nathanson
Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2023)
The AKI incidence was highest among PB patients and patients with AKI had worse outcomes. Healthcare systems should consider minimizing the use of antibiotics that augment AKI risk as a measure to improve outcomes in patients with CR-GNIs.
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