Clostridioides difficile associated peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients – a case series based review of an under-recognized entity with therapeutic challenges

BACKGROUND: Initial presentation of peritoneal dialysis associated infectious peritonitis can be clinically indistinguishable from Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and both may demonstrate a cloudy dialysate. Empiric treatment of the former entails use of 3rd-generation cephalosporins, which...

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Autores principales: Shah, Kairav J., Cherabuddi, Kartikeya, Pressly, Kalynn B., Wright, Kaitlyn L., Shukla, Ashutosh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7055046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32131755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-01734-8

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