Pharmacokinetics of Polymyxin B in a Patient With Renal Insufficiency: A Case Report
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- 19 April 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 52 (10), 1280-1281
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir137
Abstract
TO THE EDITOR—The pharmacokinetics of polymyxin B, especially with regard to the renal insufficiency cohort, are extremely lacking despite the increasing clinical use of this agent [1]. We described the pharmacokinetics of polymyxin B in a patient with renal insufficiency who was not undergoing dialysis.Keywords
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