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Staph. Epi. Peritonitis in CAPD
Author(s) -
Vas Stephen I.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.1988.tb00733.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cephalosporin , peritonitis , staphylococcus epidermidis , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , genetics , biology
Staphylococcus epidermidis is frequently resistant to first‐generation cephalosporins. Although I have generally changed the therapy of S. epidermidis CAPD peritonitis to vancomycin when laboratory reports indicate cephalosporin resistance, it frequently appeared that improvement from the cephalosporin was taking place at the time of antibiotic conversion. Should the antibiotics be changed in this setting?