The effectiveness of mupirocin preventing Staphylococcus aureus in catheter-related infections in peritoneal dialysis.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mupirocin on Staphylococcus aureus with regard to peritoneal dialysis (PD)-catheter exit-site infections (ESI), tunnel infections (TI), and peritonitis episodes (PE). The study was performed on 42 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients (group I) treated from April 1998 to July 1999. These patients were instructed to apply mupirocin daily at the catheter exit site as part of their exit-site care.

Nonsurgical implantation of Tenckhoff peritoneal catheters in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

From 1994 to 1998, 54 Tenckhoff peritoneal catheters were implanted in 49 patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The implantation technique included bedside insertion of peritoneal catheters via trocar under local anesthesia. Early and late complications of this technique were comparable with surgical techniques.

Evaluation of bone mineral density in CAPD patients with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.

In this study bone mineralization was evaluated using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), which measured regional bone mineral density [BMD (g/cm2)] at two skeletal sites, the lumbar spine and the femur, in 33 patients (15 male, 18 female) undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) with no history of chronic disease or medications affecting bone. The biochemical profile included measurements of plasma levels of calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH). We did not find any statistically significant difference or correlation between BMD and the examined parameters, except for the lower BMD values in the female population.

Treatment of CAPD peritonitis with clavulanate potentiated ticarcillin.

A total of 16 episodes of peritonitis in 14 patients (9 males, 5 females), were treated with Clavulanate potentiated ticarcillin (TC), a -lactamase stable parenteral penicillin. All the pts were hospitalized and received initial loading dose of 3.2 gr intraperitoneally (i.