Corynebacterium peritonitis in Australian peritoneal dialysis patients: predictors, treatment and outcomes in 82 cases.

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Published in Nephrol Dial Transplant on July 02, 2009

Authors

Katherine Barraclough1, Carmel M Hawley, Stephen P McDonald, Fiona G Brown, Johan B Rosman, Kathryn J Wiggins, Kym M Bannister, David W Johnson

Author Affiliations

1: Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide, Australia.

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