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  • Efficacy of exit site/tunnel Staphylococcus aureus infection treatment with oral pefloxacin and rifampicin
    Glavaš-Boras, S... ...
    Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) can be compromised by infections of the skin and subcutaneous tunnel around the peritoneal catheter.Over the period 1983 - 1996 (4.892 dialysis ... months) 141 adult patients were treated with CAPD. Inflammations of the skin and of the subcutaneous tunnel occurred on 26 occasions. Out of these 26, 19 were treatedconservatively. In 3 cases, having occurred up to 1988, apart from conservative therapy, peritoneal catheter was removed (2 of these peritonitides were caused by S. aureus and 1 by S. epidermidis). Infections were caused by S. aureus (14/ 26), S. epidermidis (6/26), E. Coli (4/26), P aeruginosa (2/26). Since 1988 the 14 S. aureus infections have been treated conservatively, with oral pefloxacin (800 mg on the 1 st day, and then 400 mg/day) and rifampicin (600 mg/day) for 1 month. The skin around the catheter was cleansed daily with povidone-iodide. The infected area was covered with sterile gauze dressings. In this way 8/14 cases of S. aureus infection were cured, with no recurrences within the following 6-month period.
    Source: Zbornik prispevkov = Syllabus (Str. 248-250)
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 2000
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 11931353