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Seeking Clarity within Cloudy Effluents: Differentiating Fungal from Bacterial Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

BACKGROUND: Fungal peritonitis is a serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy with the majority of patients ceasing PD permanently. The aims of this study were to identify risk factors and clinical associations that may discriminate between fungal from bacterial peritonitis. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Chavada, Ruchir, Kok, Jen, van Hal, Sebastiaan, Chen, Sharon C-A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22145033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028247