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  • Title: Catheter biofilms and recurrent CAPD peritonitis.
    Author: Dasgupta MK, Kowalewska-Grochowska K, Larabie M, Costerton JW.
    Journal: Adv Perit Dial; 1991; 7():165-8. PubMed ID: 1680417.
    Abstract:
    To study the significance of biofilm bacteria in CAPD peritonitis, in a preliminary study, we compared the growth of planktonic and biofilm bacteria by parallel cultures of the same PD effluent in 14 patients with CAPD-associated peritonitis. Planktonic bacteria were isolated by routine microbiologic culture techniques and biofilm bacteria by the use of a modified Robbins' device (MRD). Antibiotic sensitivity or MIC's of bacterial strains isolated by the two techniques were compared. This comparison of the IC identified a subgroup of patients who developed recurrent antibiotic resistant biofilm-induced peritonitis and their peritoneal catheters were subsequently removed.
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