The effect of antibiotic prophylaxis on the healing of exit sites of peritoneal dialysis catheters in rats

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-63

  Pecoits Filho, Roberta F S ^a   Twardowski, Zbylut J ^a,b   Khanna, Ramesh ^a   Kim, Yong Lim ^a   Goel, Sharad ^a   Moore, Harold ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Exit site infection; Prophylactic antibiotic; Rat model

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIALYSIS FLUID; DIANEAL; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INFECTION RATE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031948038     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686089801800107     Document Type: Article

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