Resumen

RIVACOBA, M. Carolina; CEBALLOS, M. Luisa  y  CORIA, Paulina. Peritoneal dialysis-related infections in pediatric patients: diagnosis and treatment review. Rev. chil. infectol. [online]. 2018, vol.35, n.2, pp.123-132. ISSN 0716-1018.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0716-10182018000200123.

Peritoneal dialysis-related infections are the main complication in pediatric patients undergoing this renal replacement therapy, associating a high rate of morbidity, generating also a decreasing survival of the peritoneal membrane and worsening the patient outcome. We describe the recommended diagnostic and therapeutic modalities to treat dialysis-related in children.

Palabras clave : Peritoneal dialysis; peritonitis; tunnel catheter infection; exit site infection.

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