Polymicrobial outbreak of intermittent peritoneal dialysis peritonitis during external wall renovation at a dialysis center

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 296-301

  Cheng, V C C ^a   Lo, W K ^a   Woo, P C Y ^a   Chan, S B ^a   Cheng, S W ^a   Ho, M ^a   Yuen, K Y ^a  

^a TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building renovation; Intermittent peritoneal dialysis; Outbreak; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0034908464     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080102100311     Document Type: Article

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