Improvement in Culture-Negative Peritoneal Dialysis–Related Peritonitis: A Single Center'S Experience
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Culture-negative peritonitis caused by splenic infarction in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient.
A 43-year-old diabetic woman on peritoneal dialysis, developed left upper abdominal pain and culture-negative cloudy peritoneal dialysate. The dialysate had WBC counts of 1,532/µL with 90% polymorphonuclear cells. The patient did not respond well to anti-bacterial therapy. Abdominal CT scan revealed diffuse atherosclerosis in the abdominal vessels and wedge-shaped splenic infarction. Anticoagul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0896-8608,1718-4304
DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2011.00153