A Case of Nocardial Peritonitis in a Patient on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis / 대한신장학회잡지
Korean Journal of Nephrology
;
: 836-839, 1997.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Norcardia is an aerobic, gram-positive, AFB positive filamentous organism which is frequently branching. Nocardial infection is usually opportunistic and is found in immunosuppressed patients during transplantation or anti-cancer chemotherapy. With the increasing number of AIDS, nocardial infection have been increasingly recognized as a serious human infection. Among patients on peritoneal dialysis, Nocardia is a rare cause of peritonitis only one case has been reported in Korea. It is extremely important to make an early and correct diagnosis and treatment with susceptible antibiotics. We report here a case of nocardial peritonitis associated with Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis(CAPD) which was resistant to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and has treated successfully with imipenem and amikacin.
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Main subject:
Peritonitis
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Amikacin
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Imipenem
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Peritoneal Dialysis
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Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
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Diagnosis
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Drug Therapy
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Korea
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Nocardia
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Nephrology
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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