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Perit Dial Int 7(3): 174-178 1987
© 1987 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
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BIOFILM ON TENCKHOFF CATHETERS: A NEGLIGIBLE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION

Christian Verger, Anne-Marie Chesneau, Michel Thibault and Nelly Bataille

From the *Service de Nephrologie, **Service d' Anatomophatologie, ***Service de Bacteriologie, ****Consultations externes, Centre Hospitalier Rene Dubos, 95301 Pontoise, France.

The authors studied the presence and characterization of biofilm in the lumen of Tenckhoff chronic peritoneal dialysis catheters of 17 CAPD patients to elucidate the role of biofilm as a source of peritonitis.

KEY WORDS: Peritonitis; Catheters; Adhesiveness; Peritoneal dialysis; Biofilm.






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