Open AccessOne-dose cefuroxime i.v. and i.p. reduces microbial growth in PD patients after catheter insertion
Author(s) -
Wikdahl Am,
U. Engman,
Bernd Stegmayr,
J. Sorenssen
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/12.1.157
Subject(s) - medicine , cefuroxime , peritoneal dialysis , peritonitis , surgery , catheter , antibiotics , dialysis , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , anesthesia , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
When a peritoneal dialysis catheter is inserted intra-abdominally in a patient starting peritoneal dialysis (PD) there is always a risk for postoperative wound infection and peritonitis. At our centre, PD is started immediately after the dialysis catheter is inserted. This may increase the postoperative risk for peritonitis and wound infection. The aim of this prospective, randomized, study was to evaluate whether the incidence of microbial growth postoperatively (within 10 days) after catheter insertion could be reduced by prophylactic antibiotic therapy.
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