scholarly journals Diagnosis and Management of Exit Site Infection in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

10.5772/63769 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desmond Y.H. Yap ◽  
Terence Yip
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Exit Site ◽  
Exit Site Infection ◽  
Diagnosis And Management

Prophylaxis against Gram-Positive Organisms Causing Exit-Site Infection and Peritonitis in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients by Applying Mupirocin Ointment at the Catheter Exit Site

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 153-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunny S.H. Wong ◽  
Kwok Hong Chu ◽  
Au Cheuk ◽  
Wai Kay Tsang ◽  
Samuel K.S. Fung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Local Application ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Exit Site ◽  
Gram Positive ◽  
Exit Site Infection ◽  
Mupirocin Ointment

Objective We evaluated the effectiveness of local application of mupirocin ointment at the catheter exit site in preventing exit-site infection and peritonitis attributable to gram-positive organisms in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients. Methods This prospective randomized controlled trial included 154 patients. They were randomly allocated to a mupirocin-treated group (group M) and a control group (group C). Group M included 73 patients (47.4%) who were instructed to apply mupirocin ointment to the catheter exit site once daily after the routine daily exit-site dressing. Group C included 81 patients (52.6%) who continued their usual daily exit-site care without applying mupirocin. The two groups were followed to see whether there would be any difference in the frequency of exit-site infection and peritonitis or in the infecting organisms. Results Interim data were collected at 5 months after the start of the study. Those data showed a significantly lower incidence of exit-site infection and peritonitis attributable to gram-positive organisms in group M as compared with group C. The incidence of gram-positive exit-site infection in group C was 1 episode per 36.8 patient–months; in group M, the incidence was 1 episode per ∞ patient–months (0 incidence in 5 months, p < 0.05). The incidence of gram-positive peritonitis in group C was 1 episode per 40.5 patient–months; in group M, the incidence was 1 episode per 365 patient–months ( p < 0.05). Mupirocin treatment had no significant effect on the incidence of exit-site infection and peritonitis attributable to other organisms. Before mupirocin treatment, we saw a trend toward higher infection rates in diabetic patients and nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus as compared with non diabetic patients and nasal non carriers, although the differences were not statistically significant. Mupirocin brought the infection rate attributable to gram-positive organisms to an equally low level in diabetic and non-diabetic patients, and in nasal carriers and nasal non carriers of S. aureus. No adverse effect of local application of mupirocin was reported. Conclusion Local application of mupirocin ointment at the catheter exit site is a safe and effective method of preventing exit-site infection and peritonitis involving gram-positive organisms.

scholarly journals Pseudomonas exit site infections in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 1498-1501
Author(s):  
H R Kazmi ◽  
F D Raffone ◽  
A S Kliger ◽  
F O Finkelstein
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Catheter Removal ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Exit Site ◽  
Exit Site Infection ◽  
Retrospective View ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oral Ciprofloxacin

The purpose of this study is to examine the natural history of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exit site infections in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients treated with oral ciprofloxacin and local exit site care. A retrospective view was undertaken of 18 episodes of P. aeruginosa exit site infections developing in 17 patients maintained on CAPD during 1989 and 1990. Standardized therapy for the exit site infection consisted of oral ciprofloxacin (500 mg twice daily) and local exit site care with antiseptic agents. Fifteen (83%) of 18 of the pseudomonas exit site infections resolved with therapy. Three episodes (17%) required catheter removal to successfully eradicate the infection. Four of the 15 patients whose exit site infections resolved developed P. aeruginosa peritonitis 2 to 9 months after the clinical resolution of the exit site infection. The majority of pseudomonas exit site infections in CAPD patients can be successfully treated with oral ciprofloxacin and local care. Approximately 17% of the patients in this study required catheter removal to successfully eradicate the infection and an additional 22% of the patients developed pseudomonas peritonitis several months after the resolution of the exit site infection.

Water avoidance and modification of exit-site care with stoma bag results in reduced exit-site infection rate in peritoneal dialysis patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hila Soetendorp ◽  
Orit Kliuk-Ben Bassat ◽  
Asaf Wasserman ◽  
Doron Schwartz ◽  
Rachila Bedbalayev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Exit Site ◽  
Exit Site Infection

scholarly journals Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Antibiotic Exit Site Cream for Prevention of Exit Site Infection in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Bernardini ◽  
Filitsa Bender ◽  
Tracey Florio ◽  
James Sloand ◽  
Linda PalmMontalbano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Double Blind Trial ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Exit Site ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Exit Site Infection ◽  
Blind Trial
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