Peritonitis
Research from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital yields new findings on peritonitis
Published in Drug Week, May 14th, 2010
"Empirical antibiotic treatment with a first-generation cephalosporin plus gentamicin for peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis before culture results are available is still wildly used due to concerns regarding the economic burden and antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. The aim of this study is to define the factors that predict the outcome of empirical antibiotic therapy for PD peritonitis," scientists writing in the journal Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis report.
"This is a retrospective study of patients with PD peritonitis over the last 10 years. who had been treated empirically with intermittent intraperitoneal first-generation...
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Source: Drug Week (2010-05-14)
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