If One PD Exit Site Antibiotic is Good, Are Two Better?

In a single center study, 146 people on PD were randomized to use gentamycin cream on their exit sites (n=71) or to switch between gentamycin in odd months and mupirocin in even months (n=75). After 174 (gentamycin) or 181 patient years (alternating), the group switching between two antibiotics had significantly more peritonitis, especially gram-negative and fungal.

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