Table 2.

Preferred antibiotics regimen commonly used in dialysis patients

Antibiotic	Dosing
Vancomycin	20 mg/kg loading dose during the last hour of the dialysis session, then 500 mg during the last 30 min of each subsequent dialysis session
Gentamicin	1 mg/kg, not to exceed 100 mg, after each dialysis session
Ceftazidime	1 g after each dialysis session
Cefazolin	20 mg/kg after each dialysis session
Daptomycin	6 mg/kg after each dialysis session
Echinocandins (caspofungin, micafungin, and anidulafungin), fluconazole, or amphotericin B	Dose and frequency are the same as in nondialysis patients (see Table 3)