Peritoneal dialysis-related infections recommendations: 2010 update

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-423

  Li, Philip Kam Tao ^a   Szeto, Cheuk Chun ^a   Piraino, Beth ^b   Bernardini, Judith ^b   Figueiredo, Ana E ^c   Gupta, Amit ^d   Johnson, David W ^e   Kuijper, Ed J ^f   Lye, Wai Choong ^g   Salzer, William ^h   Schaefer, Franz ⁱ   Struijk, Dirk G ^j  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^h University of Missouri   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXIT SITE INFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 77957674505     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: 17184304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2010.00049     Document Type: Article

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