Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection is a rare complication in patients receiving PD on an outpatient basis

Perit Dial Int. 1999 May-Jun;19(3):273-4.

Authors

R Ng¹, P M Zabetakis, C Callahan, R Krapf, C Sasak, S Fritzsch, A Pollock, P Balter, M F Michelis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA.

PMID: 10433167

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care Facilities*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Enterococcus / drug effects*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Peritoneal Dialysis / adverse effects*
Peritonitis / drug therapy
Peritonitis / etiology
Peritonitis / microbiology*
Retrospective Studies
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / etiology
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Vancomycin / pharmacology
Vancomycin / therapeutic use*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin