Does antibiotics to treat blood infection stop urination in dialysis patients

[jo]

My mom is on antibiotics currently (cefazolin) to treat mssa staph infection in her bloodstream. She usually urinates atleast once or twice a day. Now, it's been a week since she has urinated after taking the antibiotic. Does it mean that her kidneys completely stopped working? Or is it just the temporary effect of the antibiotic?

[Deanne]

A web search says cefazolin can cause kidney problems and reduced urination. See drugs.com. I did some more searching and found conflicting information. Some sites say it isn't nephrotoxic, others say it is. Do a search for "cefazolin nephrotoxic"

I'm sorry she has to go through this. Is it at least helping the staph infection? The infection sounds scary!

[Charlie B53]

Blood infections themselves can be very tough on a person, and organs such as the kidneys.

When my leg blew up with an they never named the specif bug, used a generic term, cellulitus,  My kidneys almost totally shut down, even though the redness and swelling was confined to the leg.

I would worry more about the infection, and hope the Dr's are agressively treating that.  But I would also be sure to tell the Dr that her urine output has noticably declined since starting the anti-biotic.  He may have options of other anti-biotics equally effective or a combination of medications to kill off the infection.

My Dr's used a combination of IV anti-biotics before my leg began to get better.  That was somewhere near the end of the first week.  My total stay was 12 days.  I was pretty sick.

Here's hoping she gets better soon.

Call her Dr and tell him what's going on.  He isn't psychic, if you don't tell him he cannot know, and it could easily make a difference in his treatment plan.

Take Care,

Charlie B

[jo]

A web search says cefazolin can cause kidney problems and reduced urination. See drugs.com. I did some more searching and found conflicting information. Some sites say it isn't nephrotoxic, others say it is. Do a search for "cefazolin nephrotoxic"

I'm sorry she has to go through this. Is it at least helping the staph infection? The infection sounds scary!

Yeah, it is scary. Thanks for the info.

[jo]

Blood infections themselves can be very tough on a person, and organs such as the kidneys.

When my leg blew up with an they never named the specif bug, used a generic term, cellulitus,  My kidneys almost totally shut down, even though the redness and swelling was confined to the leg.

I would worry more about the infection, and hope the Dr's are agressively treating that.  But I would also be sure to tell the Dr that her urine output has noticably declined since starting the anti-biotic.  He may have options of other anti-biotics equally effective or a combination of medications to kill off the infection.

My Dr's used a combination of IV anti-biotics before my leg began to get better.  That was somewhere near the end of the first week.  My total stay was 12 days.  I was pretty sick.

Here's hoping she gets better soon.

Call her Dr and tell him what's going on.  He isn't psychic, if you don't tell him he cannot know, and it could easily make a difference in his treatment plan.

Take Care,

Charlie B

I am sorry you had to go through all these. Yes, we are meeting the doctor today. So is the kidney function reversible once we stop taking the antibiotic? And, her oxygen levels are pretty low which stays around 85 since the infection. So, she has been using the oxygen tank all the time now. Is that common?