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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0872-0169</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Portuguese Journal of Nephrology & Hypertension]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Port J Nephrol Hypert]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0872-0169</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0872-01692023000100028</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32932/pjnh.2023.02.222</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Successful Treatment of Sthaphylococcus Peritonitis Using Oral Linezolid Without Catheter Removal in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carvão]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[João]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Matias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patrícia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mirco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Branco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patrícia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Central do Funchal Nephrology Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Funchal ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,CHLO - Hospital Santa Cruz Nephrology Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Carnaxide ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,CHLO - Hospital Santa Cruz Pharmaceuticals Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Carnaxide ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>28</fpage>
<lpage>30</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0872-01692023000100028&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0872-01692023000100028&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0872-01692023000100028&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Peritonitis is one of the main complications of peritoneal dialysis and accounts for considerable mortality and hospitalization. It is usually treated with intraperitoneal antibiotherapy, as it is the best way to achieve high concentrations at the site of infection. We report a case of an 86-year-old female patient with end-stage renal disease under continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, who was admitted to our hospital with complaints of intense diffused abdominal pain. The effluent culture yielded Staphylococcus hominis only sensible to vancomycin and linezolid. She was diagnosed with peritonitis secondary to Staphylococcus hominis infection and treated with oral linezolid without cateter removal. Adequate linezolid peritoneal fluid concentration (between 3 and 20 &#956;g/mL) was achieved and the antibiotic therapy was maintained for 21 days with clinical and analytical improvement. According to our knowledge, this was the first Staphylococcus peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient, successfully treated with oral linezolid and has had linezolid levels monitored in the peritoneal dialysis effluent.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Linezolid]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Peritoneal Dialysis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Peritonitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Renal Insufficiency, Chronic]]></kwd>
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