Microbiological diagnosis of peritonitis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 21 (4), 522-523
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.21.4.522-523.1985
Abstract
The fast and accurate etiological diagnosis of peritonitis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is essential. The concentration of larger vol of peritoneal fluids may yield more isolates than conventional methods. The removal of antibiotics present in the fluids as a consequence of therapy by washing or using antibiotic-removing resins increases the yield considerably. The use of anaerobic culture media is justified if fecal organisms are suspected as the cause of the infection.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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