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. 2020 Jun 17;86(11):2256–2265. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14328

TABLE 1.

Diagnosis criteria of amoxicillin‐induced crystal nephropathy adapted from Vodovar et al.4

INCLUSION CRITERIA EXCLUSION CRITERIA

Acute kidney injury defined according to the KDIGO criteria20

AND

Microscopic or macroscopic haematuria confirmed by sediment urine analysis

AND

Temporal coincidence between AMX/AMX‐CLAV administration and AKI onset

• concomitant administration of nephrotoxic drugs with a causality assessment equal to or greater than AMX/AMX‐CLAV therapy (according to Naranjo scale)17

• any underlying condition causing acute kidney injury and/or macroscopic haematuria (or red‐coloured urine by itself) (shock, sepsis, urinary tract infection, urological surgery, kidney disease, rhabdomyolysis, haemolysis, rifampicin treatment …)

• fever, rash or liver enzyme abnormalities (suggesting hypersensitivity including acute interstitial nephritis)

• purpura, arthralgia or bowel angina (suggesting amoxicillin induced leucocytoclastic vasculitis)

AKI: acute kidney insufficiency; AMX: amoxicillin; AMX‐CLAV: amoxicillin–clavulanate; KDIGO: Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes