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. 2014 Nov-Dec;34(7):805-8.
doi: 10.3747/pdi.2013.00111.

Intravenous antibiotics with adjunctive lavage in refractory peritonitis

Steve Siu-Man Wong  1 , Alex Wai-Yin Yu  2 , Wai-Yan Lau  2 , Ping-Kwan Chan  2 , Yuk-Lun Cheng  2
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Intravenous antibiotics with adjunctive lavage in refractory peritonitis

Steve Siu-Man Wong et al. Perit Dial Int. 2014 Nov-Dec.
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Progress and outcome of the 9 bacterial peritonitis episodes, with peritoneal PDE leukocyte count (/mm3) in relationship to antibiotics usage and lavage period shown in grey boxes. IP = intra-peritoneal; IV = intravenous; PO = per oral; PDE = dialysis effluent; Dn = peritonitis day; formula image = gram stain result available; formula image = final culture result available; CRP = C-reactive protein.
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