American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 121-131, January 2010

Polymicrobial Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in Australia: Predictors, Treatment, and Outcomes

  • Katherine Barraclough, MD

      Affiliations

    • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia
    • Department of Renal Medicine, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Carmel M. Hawley, MMedSci

      Affiliations

    • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia
    • Department of Renal Medicine, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Stephen P. McDonald, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia
    • Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Services, University of Adelaide at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
    • ,
  • Fiona G. Brown, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia
    • Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Center, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Johan B. Rosman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia
    • Renal Department, Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Kathryn J. Wiggins, MD

      Affiliations

    • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia
    • University of Melbourne Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Kym M. Bannister, MD

      Affiliations

    • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia
    • Department of Nephrology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
    • ,
  • David W. Johnson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia
    • Department of Renal Medicine, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to David W. Johnson, PhD, Department of Nephrology, Level 2, ARTS Bldg, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Rd, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Qld 4102, Australia

Received 11 May 2009; accepted 21 August 2009. published online 23 November 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.08.020 on November 23, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)01190-1

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.08.020

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 121-131, January 2010

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