The Relationship Between Presentation and the Time of Initial Administration of Antibiotics With Outcomes of Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: The PROMPT Study

The Relationship Between Presentation and the Time of Initial Administration of Antibiotics With Outcomes of Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: The PROMPT Study

The impact of time to treatment on clinical outcome is an established precept in infectious disease but is not established in peritoneal dialysis–related peritonitis (PDRP). Methods: In a prospective multicenter study of PDRP, symptom-to-contact time (SC), contact-to-treatment time (CT), defined as...

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Main Authors: Kalindu Muthucumarana, Prue Howson, Doug Crawford, Sally Burrows, Ramyasuda Swaminathan, Ashley Irish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Subjects:
antibiotics
outcomes
peritoneal dialysis
peritonitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024916300092

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