Systemic Toxicity of Intraperitoneal Vancomycin

Intraperitoneal vancomycin is used for empiric treatment of peritoneal dialysis peritonitis. It is dosed intermittently and a high systemic concentration is often achieved. Despite this, there are very few reports of systemic toxicity from intraperitoneal vancomycin. We report the course of a patien...

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Main Authors: Teerath Kumar, Iris Teo, Brendan B. McCormick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3968690