Bacillus cereus peritonitis in a patient being treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2447-2448

  Balakrishnan, I ^a   Baillod, R A ^a   Kibbler, C C ^a   Gillespie, S H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; CAPD peritonitis; Lysis centrifugation

Indexed keywords

NETILMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BACILLUS CEREUS; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS;

EID: 0030684771     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.11.2447     Document Type: Article

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