New insights on preventing and managing peritonitis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-127

  Piraino, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Peritoneal catheter exit site infection; Peritoneal dialysis catheter; Recurrent peritonitis; Refractory peritonitis; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS FLUID; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

CHILD; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; EDITORIAL; EFFLUENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERITONEUM; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND CARE;

HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; PERITONITIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 0842323876     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1356-1     Document Type: Editorial

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