Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a cause of peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis?

Nephron

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 318-319

  Herrera, Carmen Martin ^a   Delgado, Rafael Montes ^a   Riscos, Angeles Guerrero ^a   Chaves, Virginia Cabello ^a   Castilla, J L Rocha ^a   Marco Guerrero, MarÞa Josä ^a   Aguilar, Julian Mateos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS;

EID: 0029891245     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189062     Document Type: Article

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