Background: Cloxacillin has been associated with the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI). The incidence of this complication in the literature is low (2.5-3.5%) and probably underestimated, since most studies were done by selecting the presence of AKI in discharge codes.
Objectives: The primary goal was to define the incidence of AKI in patients with a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infection treated with cloxacillin based antibiotic regimens. The secondary goals were to identify the risk factors associated with this complication and to describe the characteristics of AKI.
Patients and methods: We carried out a retrospective study. The inclusion criteria were adult patients hospitalized in a medical department at the Le Mans Hospital between 1 July 2012 and 1 July 2019 with a diagnosis of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infection treated with cloxacillin.
Results: One hundred twenty-three patients were included in the study. Forty-two patients (34.2%) developed AKI. In the multivariate analysis, age, the use of diuretics and the presence of endocarditis were independently associated with AKI. Age was associated with an OR of 4.38 (p = 0.002) for patients older than 75, being treated with diuretics was associated with an OR of 2.94 (p = 0.036) for loop diuretics and an OR of 3.05 (p = 0.027) for non-loop diuretics; type of infection was associated with an OR of 3.42 (p = 0.012) for endocarditis.
Conclusions: The occurrence of AKI is frequent during cloxacillin based antibiotic regimens for methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infections. Being older than 75, being treated with diuretics and the presence of endocarditis were the main risk factors for AKI in our population.
Keywords: Staphylococcus infection; acute kidney injury; cloxacillin; diuretics; endocarditis.