Peritoneal leucocyte response to bacterial peritonitis in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis |
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Authors: | G M Shah A Sabo R L Winer E A Ross M A Kirschenbaum |
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Institution: | Nephrology Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, California. |
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Abstract: | We evaluated the quantitative peritoneal leucocyte response to antibiotic therapy in 25 CAPD patients with 57 episodes of bacterial peritonitis. Eighty-eight percent of the peritonitis episodes were initially treated with a first generation cephalosporin, but results of microbial sensitivity studies led to a change in the initial antibiotic regimen in 23 episodes. Overall, 47/57 (82%) episodes were cured by antibiotic therapy alone (responders), while 10/57 (18%) required removal of the peritoneal catheter as a curative procedure (nonresponder). Neither the duration of symptoms on initial presentation nor the status of being a nonresponder could be related to the baseline peritoneal leucocyte values, either the total (PLC) or polymorphonuclear counts (PMN). Since the baseline PLC and PMN showed a 500-fold variation, subsequent changes were expressed as a percent PLC (%) and PMN-PLC (%)] of the baseline value. On day 3 of peritonitis, PLC (%) and PMN-PLC (%) were less in responders (26% and 10%) than nonresponders (251% and 254%) (p less than 0.001). Differentiation between responders and nonresponders based on PLC (%) and PMN-PLC (%) was associated with a high degree of sensitivity (90%) and specificity (90%). Similar results were obtained for day 4. These data suggest that the temporal pattern of PLC and PMN, when expressed as a percentage of the baseline value, may be useful in predicting those episodes of peritonitis which require removal of the peritoneal catheter. |
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