ISPD GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS

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Peritoneal Dialysis International, Vol. 25, pp. 107 131Printed in Canada. All rights $ + .00Copyright 2005 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis107ISPD GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONSPERITONEAL DIALYSIS-RELATED INFECTIONSRECOMMENDATIONS: 2005 UPDATEBeth Piraino,1 George R. bailie ,2 Judith Bernardini,1 Elisabeth Boeschoten,3 Amit Gupta,4 CliffordHolmes,5 Ed J. Kuijper,6 Philip Kam-Tao Li,7 Wai-Choong Lye,8 Salim Mujais,5 David L. Paterson,9Miguel Perez Fontan,10 Alfonso Ramos,11 Franz Schaefer,12 and Linda Uttley13Renal Electrolyte Division,1 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;Albany College of Pharmacy,2 Albany, New York, USA; Hans Mak Institute,3 Naarden, The Netherlands;Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences,4 Lucknow, India; Renal Division,5 BaxterHealthcare Corporation, McGaw Park, Illinois, USA; D

biology (Kuijper), pharmacotherapy (Bailie), infectious diseases (Paterson), and immunology (Holmes). The cur-rent guidelines are for adults only, as pediatric guide-lines are published separately but, for coordination, a pediatrician was added to the work group (Schaefer). Third, two nurses (Bernardini and Uttley) represent the

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