NDT Advance Access originally published online on September 11, 2009
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2009 24(12):3897-3898; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp466
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Nephrol Dial Transplant 2009; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp463E-mail: katherine_barraclough@health.qld.gov.au
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Sir,
We thank Professors Schiffl and Lang for their interest in our article discussing Corynebacterium peritonitis in Australian peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients [1]. They specifically comment that (1) the lack of availability of data on Corynebacterium species identification calls into question the
1 Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Adelaide 2 Department of Renal Medicine, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 3 Department of Nephrology & Transplantation Services, University of Adelaide at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide 4 Department of Nephrology Monash Medical Centre, Clayton Victoria, Australia 5 Renal Department, Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand 6 Department of Medicine St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria 7 Department of Nephrology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia