Gel clot LAL assay in the initial management of peritoneal dialysis patients with peritonitis: A retrospective study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 680-683

  Hausmann, Michael J ^a,b   Yulzari, Robert ^a   Lewis, Eli ^a   Saisky, Yaniv ^a   Douvdevani, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fungus; Gram negative bacteria; Grampositive bacteria; Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay; Peritoneal dialysis; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIALYSATE; FEMALE; GEL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; OTOTOXICITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034092822     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.5.680     Document Type: Article

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