Microbiology of peritoneal dialysis-related infection and factors of refractory peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis: A ten-year single-center study in Taiwan

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infection is a serious complication of patients with PD. Refractory peritonitis may lead to failure of PD, shift to hemodialysis (HD) or death. Besides, microbiologic resistance increased worldwide that might impact the treatment choice for such infection...

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Main Authors: Hsin-Hui Wang, Chung-Hao Huang, Mei-Chuan Kuo, Shang-Yi Lin, Chin-Huei Hsu, Chun-Yuan Lee, Yi-Wen Chiu, Yen-Hsu Chen, Po-Liang Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S168411821830077X