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Advances in Nephrology
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 7179028, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7179028
Research Article

Risk Factors for Peritonitis in a Pediatric Dialysis Program in Guatemala, 2011–2014

Jeda Chinchilla,1 Karla Sebastián,1 Renato Meléndez,2 Brooke Ramay,3 and Randall Lou-Meda1

1Fundación para el Niño Enfermo Renal, Calzada Roosevelt y 5ta. Calle, Zona 11, 01011 Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
2Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Calle Manuel F. Ayau (6 Calle final), Zona 10, 01010 Guatemala City, Guatemala
3Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, 18 Avenida 11-95, Zona 15, 01015 Guatemala City, Guatemala

Received 15 October 2015; Revised 29 January 2016; Accepted 16 February 2016

Academic Editor: Deepak Malhotra

Copyright © 2016 Jeda Chinchilla et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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