title: Multidrug resistant pneumonia treated with aerosolized amikacin in a patient with acute renal insufficiency.
abstract: Multidrug resistant pneumonia is an entity, which is difficult to treat, and in a patient with acute renal insufficiency, it leaves a physician with a handful of antibiotics to be considered. Aerosolized administration of antibiotics is one option that can be contemplated for a patient with acute renal insufficiency to avoid the nephrotoxic effect of the antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH.
authors.forename: Muhammad Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Bawany
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sodeman
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mutgi
authors.forename: Joan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Duggan
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000336:Aerosols; D000583:Amikacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000583:Amikacin