DOSAGE: 500 mg every 12 hours. For more severe infections (eg, lower respiratory tract,
sinusitis) 500 mg every 8 hours. Dosage may be increased up to 4 g per day, according to …

Gentamicin was administered in 33 episodes of peritoneal dialysis complicated by
persistence of a turbid dialysate. Antibiotic treatment was considered indicated if the effluent …

PRODUCT INFORMATION DOXYCYCLINE CAPSULES AND ORAL SUSPENSION
Capsules: Each capsule contains doxycycline hyclate equivalent to 100 mg. of doxycycline …

Peritoneal dialysis has been successfully used in treating patients with end stage renal
disease (ESRD) for approximately 40 years. Peritoneal infections are a frequent …

From February 1980 to February 1983, 55 patients with chronic renal failure were put on
continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Eighty-four episodes of peritonitis occurred., ie …

During the past three years, the procedure for peritoneal dialysis was altered in an effort to
reduce the incidence of infection. Three consecutive groups of patients were treated by three …

METHODS We reviewed all the cases ofgram-negative peritonitis in adults treated with PD
who were admitted to Rhode Island Hospital from July, 1989 to June, 1995. Patients whose …

Seventeen azotemic patients were treated with gentamicin during 28 instances of peritoneal
dialysis. Twenty-four of 28 yielded a persistently turbid dialysate containing predominantly …

There are several advantages of a single large ip vancomycin dose repeated in 5 to 7 days.
The potential for the'red neck'syndrome is decreased although a case has been reported …

Peritoneal dialysis was first used in the treatment of patients with renal failure by Ganter in
1923. During the next 25 years, however, the technique was not widely adopted, mainly …