Carbenicillin and Hypokalemia
Authors: JEAN KLASTERSKY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1973)

Letters1 May 1973Carbenicillin and HypokalemiaJEAN KLASTERSKY, M.D., BAUDOUIN VANDERKELEN, M.D., DIDIER DANEAU, MONIGUE MATHIEU, M.D.JEAN KLASTERSKY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BAUDOUIN VANDERKELEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DIDIER DANEAUSearch for more papers by this author, MONIGUE MATHIEU, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-78-5-774 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Brunner and Frick (1) drew attention to the development of hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis with high-dose sodium benzylpenicillin therapy; and electrolyte disturbances have been recorded occasionally in patients receiving carbenicillin (2).During the last 2 years 90 patients were treated with carbenicillin (30 g daily) in our hospital; 25 received carbenicillin alone; 29 were treated with carbenicillin and gentamicin and 36 with carbenicillin and cephalothin. In 16 (18%) patients abnormally low levels of serum potassium were observed during therapy with carbenicillin. In 8 of these 16 patients hypokalemia was reported only once during antibiotic therapy; moreover, in...References1. BRUNNER F and FRICK P: Hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and hypernatraemia due to "massive" sodium penicillin therapy. Br Med J 4:550-552, 1968 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. HOFFBRAND B and STEWART J: Carbenicillin and hypokalemia. Br Med J 4:746, 1970 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BODEY G, RODRIGUEZ V, and LUCE J: Carbenicillin therapy of Gram-negative bacilli infections. Am J Med Sci 257:408-414, 1969 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. MARKS M and EICKHOFF T: Carbenicillin: a clinical and laboratory evaluation. Ann Intern Med 73:179-187, 1970 LinkGoogle Scholar5. TATTERSALL M, BATTERSBY G, and SPIERS A: Antibiotics and hypokalæmia (letter). Lancet 1:630-631, 1972 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. 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