Cefepime as Empirical Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis Treatment: Something to Dwell On?

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¹ Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Center in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Renal Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
³ Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Center in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: jeff.perl@utoronto.ca.

Editorial

Muthana Al Sahlawi et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;74(5):579-582.

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.06.008. Epub 2019 Sep 9.

¹ Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Center in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Renal Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
³ Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Center in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: jeff.perl@utoronto.ca.

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Intraperitoneal Cefepime Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy of Cefazolin Plus Ceftazidime for Empirical Treatment of CAPD-Associated Peritonitis: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Noninferiority, Randomized, Controlled Trial.
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