Sf. Lui et al., IMIPENEM-CILASTATIN SODIUM IN THE TREATMENT OF CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS-ASSOCIATED PERITONITIS, American journal of nephrology, 14(3), 1994, pp. 182-186
Imipenem/cilastatin sodium is a new thienamycin class of antibiotic wi
th a broad spectrum of bactericidal activities. It may be a suitable s
ingle first-line therapy for the treatment of peritonitis in continuou
s ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. Fifty episodes of CA
PD peritonitis were treated with imipenem/cilastatin sodium. On presen
tation, all patients were given an intravenous loading dose of 1 g of
imipenem/cilastatin sodium followed by intraperitoneal imipenem/cilast
atin sodium for 10 days. During 1989 (30 episodes), 20 mg imipenem/cil
astatin sodium was added to each 2-liter bag of peritoneal dialysis (P
D) fluid for 10 days. The primary response rate as defined by polymorp
honuclear neutrophils <100/ml in PD fluid was 90%. Unfortunately, 17%
of the peritonitis relapsed within 14 days of stopping antibiotic. The
complete cure rate without relapse was therefore 73%. During 1990 (20
episodes), 100 mg imipenem/cilastatin sodium was added to each 2-lite
r bag of PD fluid for 10 days. The primary response rate was 95%, the
complete cure rate without relapse was 85%. Imipenem/cilastatin sodium
is an effective single first-line antibiotic for the treatment of per
itonitis in CAPD.