Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in terminal renal failure.
We herein report a case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis in an adult patient on regular hemodialysis (due to terminal renal failure caused by hypertension) and not on immunosuppressive therapy.
Cengiz
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Department of Nephrology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey. kcengiz@omu.edu.tr
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001201:Ascites / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin; D015378:Imipenem; D002439:Cefotaxime