Discordant PD catheter and effluent culture results. The limited clinical relevance of culturing PD catheters

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-178

  Cornelis, Tom ^a   Bargman, Joanne M ^a   Chu, Maggie ^a   Oreopoulos, Antigone ^b   Khan, Saimah ^a   Oreopoulos, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outcome; Peritoneal catheter removal; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; FLUCONAZOLE; OXACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDITIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UREMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84855365966     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: 17184304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2009.00241     Document Type: Article

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