Laboratory diagnosis of peritonitis in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Open Access
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 35 (11) , 1181-1184
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.35.11.1181
Abstract
A simple laboratory method for culture of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) fluids is described. Guidelines for antimicrobial therapy are discussed based on results from 18 patients studied over an 11-week period. Cephalosporins appeared to be a rational choice for therapy while awaiting laboratory results.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: one year's experience in a UK dialysis unit.BMJ, 1980
- Peritonitis During Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal DialysisAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1980
- Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal DialysisAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1978