Prevention and management of peritonitis and exit-site infection in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2001, Pages 106-108

  Vargemezis, Vassilis ^a,b   Thodis, E ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFALORIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN; NYSTATIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034791471     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.suppl_6.106     Document Type: Article

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