New criteria for management of catheter infections in peritoneal dialysis patients using ultrasonography

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 290-296

  Vychytil, Andreas ^a   Lorenz, Matthias ^a   Schneider, Barbara ^b   Hörl, Walter H ^a   Haag Weber, Marianne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031888172     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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