Decrease in infections with the introduction of mupirocin cream at the peritoneal dialysis catheter exit site.

Unlabelled: Staphylococcus aureus associated peritonitis and catheter exit site infections (ESI) are an important cause of hospitalization and catheter loss in the patients undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD). We aimed to determine the potential effectiveness of the application of mupirocin cream at the catheter exit site in preventing exit site infection and peritonitis.

Methods: This prospective historically controlled study was done in a total of 86 patients who entered our PD program from April 1999 to January 2001.