Bacterial colonization patterns in daily chlorhexidine care at the exit site in peritoneal dialysis patients-A prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Bacterial colonization patterns in daily chlorhexidine care at the exit site in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients were not known. We performed a prospective, randomized controlled trial enrolling 89 PD patients. After stratification by initial Staphylococcus aureus (SA) carrier status, patients were...

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Main Authors: Hsi-Hao Wang, Shih-Yuan Hung, Min-Yu Chang, Yi-Che Lee, Hsiu-Fang Lin, Tsun-Mei Lin, Su-Pen Yang, Hsi-Hsun Lin, Su-Ching Yang, Jiun-Ling Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5628800?pdf=render