Center of Excellence in Kidney Metabolic Disorders

A smart center of excellence in advanced dialysis and dialysis-related metabolic disorders aiming to study the impacts of different treatment practices and patterns of individual Thai dialysis centers and national policies on treatment outcomes. Besides, the vigilance and surveillance of the emerging drug-resistant pathogens, environment-borne, and biofilm-producing microorganisms by applying bio-molecular technology such as high-throughput PCR and gene sequencing are also our expertise. The center employs digital-cloud database and future technology to screen patients at risk for dialysis-related infections with the supports of multi-parties national organizations, international research institutes and international society.

Focus Areas

Partnerships

Research Highlights

The transfer set catheter (TS) of the PD patient infected
with (A) Ochroconis spp. (B) Fusarium spp.
was examined via the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
of 750X.

The transfer set catheter (TS) of the PD patient infected
with (A) Ochroconis spp. (B) Fusarium spp.
was examined via the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
of 750X.

Aspergillus flavus by Super‐Resolution Confocal Microscopy

Publications National & International

• (Intraperitoneal Cefepime Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy of Cefazolin Plus Ceftazidime for Empirical Treatment of CAPD-Associated Peritonitis: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Noninferiority, Randomized, Controlled Trial), (Nephrology) (2019)
• (Peritoneal Dialysis–Related Infection Rates and Outcomes: Results From the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS)), (Nephrology) (2020)
• (Regional variation in the treatment and prevention of peritoneal dialysis-related infections in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study), (Nephrology) (2019)
• (National feasibility survey of peritoneal dialysis key performance indicators in Thailand from provider perspective), (Nephrology), (2019)
• (Intermittent hypoxia in rat enhancing peritoneal membrane thickening through HIF-1α-induced cytokines in peritoneum), (Medicine), (2019)
• (Rhodococcus induced false-positive galactomannan (GM), a biomarker of fungal presentation, in patients with peritoneal dialysis: case reports), (Nephrology), (2019)
• (Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter-related peritonitis from Aureobasidium pullulans caused by poor caregiver’s hand hygiene), (Infectious Diseases), (2019)
• (An early experience of Check List to Improve Patient Self-care and ProductDefect Report in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CLIP-SP) study), (Medicine), (2019)
• (Serum galactomannan index for the rapid diagnosis of fungal peritonitis in patients with peritoneal dialysis), (Nephrology), (2019)
• (The culture from peritoneal dialysis catheter enhances yield of microorganism identification in peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis), (Nephrology), (2019)
• (The Association of Functional Status with Mortality and Dialysis Modality Change: Results from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS)), (Nephrology), (2019)
• (International comparison of peritoneal dialysis prescriptions from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS)), (Nephrology), (2020)
• (Intraperitoneal cefazolin and ceftazidime during short-dwell exchange in peritoneal dialysis patients with peritonitis), (Nephrology), (2020)
• (Global dialysis perspective: Thailand) DOI: https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0000762020), (Nephrology), (2020)
• (2018 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease Guideline Implementation: Asia Summit Conference Report), (Nephrology), (2020)

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