Nine episodes of CPD-associated peritonitis with vancomycin resistant enterococci

Kidney International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1368-1372

  Troidle, Laura ^b   Kliger, Alan S ^b   Gorban Brennan, Nancy ^b   Fikrig, Margaret ^b   Golden, Marjorie ^b   Finkelstein, Fredric O ^a  

^a New Haven CPD   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029806358     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.451     Document Type: Article

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