La peritonitis asociada a diálisis peritoneal es una complicación grave en el paciente con este tipo de modalidad de terapia de reemplazo renal, siendo la etiología fúngica una de las que conlleva mayor morbimortalidad. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 22 años que desarrolló una peritonitis as...
Abstract Purpose: To investigate cardiac changes in young rats, whose mothers underwent autogenic fecal peritonitis, during organogenesis phase and to evaluate the role of intravenous administration of moxifloxacin and dexamethasone in preventing infection-related cardiac changes. Methods: A prospecti...
La peritonitis es una de las principales complicaciones de las urgencias abdominales. La laparoscopia sirve tanto para el manejo diagnóstico y terapéutico del abdomen agudo; en manos expertas la morbimortalidad de este método es mínima. Objetivo: El objetivo es comprobar la eficacia de la laparoscopi...
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the response of aging rats with sepsis to two different antibiotic regimens. Methods: The study was conducted with 30 aging rats (18 month-old) with autologous feces peritonitis. The animals were divided into three groups: Group 0 received no therapeutic intervention (co...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a serious complication in cirrhotic patients, and changes in the microbiological characteristics reported in the last years are impacting the choice of antibiotic used for treatment. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the ch...
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a frequent and severe complication in cirrhotic patients. Listeria
monocytogenes is a rare cause of SBP, which should be suspected in individuals with impaired immunity
such as advanced liver disease and inadequate response to standard antibiotic therapy. We rep...
A peritonite bacteriana espontânea (PBE) é uma das infecções mais frequentes no paciente cirrótico, estando associada à alta
morbi-mortalidade. Descrita desde a metade dos anos de 1960, diretrizes recentemente publicadas apontam para o surgimento de
novos conceitos relacionados à patogênese, ao d...
Se reporta un caso de una paciente femenina, blanca, de 65 años de edad, con antecedentes de diabetes mellitus tipo I, a consecuencia de la cual evolucionó a insuficiencia renal crónica terminal, por lo que recibía tratamiento mediante diálisis peritoneal intermitente. A las 3 semanas de iniciado es...
