A Treatable Encephalopathy in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient - Cefepime- Induced Encephalopathy

We report a patient with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis, who developed encephalopathy after receiving a few doses of cefepime. He recovered clinically and electroencephalographically after having discontinued the culprit agent and undergone hemodialysis. This case highlights the impo...

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Main Authors: Ching Soong Khoo, Tze Yuan Tee, Hui Jan Tan, Raymond Azman Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_315_18