American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 119-123 , July 2007

Hemodialysis Catheter–Related Bacteremia in Children: Increasing Antibiotic Resistance and Changing Bacteriological Profile

This work was presented at the 26th Annual Dialysis Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 26-28, 2006.

Received 31 August 2006 ,Accepted 13 April 2007.

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PII: S0272-6386(07)00732-9

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.04.005

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 119-123 , July 2007

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