Pseudomonas spp
| Empiric Therapy |
Intermittent Dosing 1 exchange daily with dwell time at least 6h |
Continuous Dosing (per each L bag) |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceftazidime IP |
3g loading dose then 1-1.5g once per day for long dwell |
500mg/L LD then 125mg/L MD |
21 days Treat for 14 days after catheter removal. |
| Paediatric or short dwell: 20mg/kg once per day | |||
| + | |||
| [Tobramycin IP | 0.6mg/kg once per day | Not advised | |
| or | |||
| Ciprofloxacin] |
750mg PO daily 750mg PO bid for CCPD |
50mg/L MD |
CCPD = continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis
IP = intraperitoneally
LD = loading dose
MD = maintenance dose