Peritonitis due to Roseomonas fauriae in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 456-457

  Bibashi, Evangelia ^a   Sofianou, Danai ^a   Kontopoulou, Konstantina ^a   Mitsopoulos, Efstathios ^a   Kokolina, Elisabeth ^a  

^a Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSEOMONAS FAURIAE;

AGED; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS;

EID: 0033960030     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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