BOSTON -- In adults hospitalized for acute infections, cefepime and piperacillin-tazobactam turned out to be equally safe in terms of serious kidney outcomes, although the latter antibiotic showed a ...

Rounding in the intensive care unit (ICU), you're three patients deep with 20-plus to go. Already you're bobbing in a vancomycin-piperacillin-tazobactam (vanc-PT) sea, your mouth salty from the ...

In children with cancer, concurrent vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam administration may increase risk of acute kidney injury, a retrospective study presented at IDWeek has shown. NEW ORLEANS, LA ...

Researchers assessed the effects of different empiric antibiotic regimens on the risk for acute kidney injury among patients admitted to the intensive care unit. The risk for acute kidney injury was ...

Two "big gun" antibiotics thought to cause kidney failure in ICU patients with a severe bacterial infection, especially when combined with another antibiotic, may be safer for the kidneys than ...

People believed to have sepsis who take piperacillin-tazobactam (Zosyn) and vancomycin have a 5% absolute mortality increase at 90 days compared with those who take cefepime and vancomycin, a new ...

Credit: istockphoto New studies may clarify the risks associated with antibiotic combinations that include vancomycin, a drug with well-known nephrotoxicities. SAN ...

Vancomycin + piperacillin-tazobactam therapy has been linked to a higher risk of AKI No significant difference was seen in the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) development or other outcomes ...

In adults hospitalized with suspected sepsis, piperacillin-tazobactam was associated with a higher mortality rate and increased duration in organ dysfunction compared with cefepime, according to a ...