Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: A retrospective study of CAPD patients with tuberculous peritonitis was done. A minimum of three specimens of peritoneal fluid were examined for acid-fast bacilli smears. The BACTEC 9000 Blood Culture Series of instruments were used for the culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. After 2005, patients were treated with anti-tuberculous treatment, and catheter retention was started in our patients. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Rapur Ram, Guditi Swarnalatha, Tekin Akpolat, Kalogotla Venkata Dakshinamurty |
Journal | International urology and nephrology
(Int Urol Nephrol)
Vol. 45
Issue 4
Pg. 1129-35
(Aug 2013)
ISSN: 1573-2584 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 23143752
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Antitubercular Agents
(administration & dosage)
- Catheters, Indwelling
(adverse effects)
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Cohort Studies
- Confidence Intervals
- Device Removal
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- India
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
(diagnosis, therapy)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(drug effects, isolation & purification)
- Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
(adverse effects, methods)
- Peritonitis, Tuberculous
(diagnosis, drug therapy, epidemiology, etiology)
- Prevalence
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Assessment
- Sex Distribution
- Survival Rate
- Treatment Outcome
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