The impact of topical mupirocin on peritoneal dialysis infection in Singapore General Hospital | Zendy

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The impact of topical mupirocin on peritoneal dialysis infection in Singapore General Hospital

Author(s) -

Christopher Thiam Seong Lim,

KokSeng Wong,

M. Foo

Publication year - 2005

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/gfi010

Subject(s) - medicine , mupirocin , peritonitis , peritoneal dialysis , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , gastroenterology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , genetics , biology

Peritonitis and exit-site infections (ESI) are major causes of morbidity in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The application of topical mupirocin to exit sites reduces such complications, and prolongs life in PD. Since the year 2000, this topical treatment has been used in our hospital on new PD patients. We analysed the results of this protocol, and studied the effects of comorbidities on the incidence of peritonitis.

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