ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIAL EXIT-SITE INFECTION AND PERITONITIS IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS ON PROPHYLACTIC EXIT-SITE GENTAMICIN CREAM

作者：Lo Man wai^*; Mak Siu ka; Wong Yuk yi; Lo Kwok chi; Chan Shuk fan; Tong Gensy M W; Lo Kin yee; Wong Ping nam; Tse Cindy W S; Kam Kai man; Wong Andrew K M

来源：Peritoneal Dialysis International, 2013, 33(3): 267-272.

DOI：10.3747/pdi.2011.00184

• Atypical mycobacterial infection
• exit site
• peritonitis

We report 9 cases of exit-site infection and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis associated with atypical mycobacteria. All patients had been using topical gentamicin cream as prophylaxis for exit-site infection before the onset of these infections. Gentamicin cream is postulated to be a potential risk factor for atypical mycobacterial infection because of selective pressure on other micro-organisms. The microbiology of atypical mycobacteria and the treatment for atypical mycobacterial infections are discussed.

• 出版日期2013-6