Antibiotic Related Kidney Disease

The diagnosis of antibiotic-associated nephropathy requires renal function tests, other auxiliary tests (urine culture, urinary imaging), and renal biopsy if necessary.

Urine routine tests can be used to determine whether there are protein red blood cells in the urine, which is helpful to understand whether the patient's kidneys are damaged.

Renal function tests determine glomerular filtration rate by measuring blood creatinine, urea nitrogen, endogenous creatinine clearance rate, etc., and check whether renal function is normal. The

simplest test is to determine urine pH. When pH>5.5, it often indicates that the kidney has acidification dysfunction, which is helpful to diagnose the disease.

Renal biopsy can understand the pathological type of kidney, improve the accuracy of the diagnosis of the disease, and help to select the appropriate treatment plan and evaluate the prognosis.

Other auxiliary tests such as urine culture and urinary imaging are of great value in diagnosing urinary tract infection and obstruction, and distinguishing acute and chronic renal failure.