Diagnostic value of effluent endotoxin level in gram-negative peritonitis in CAPD patients

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 154-157

  Muhammed, Khalifa Omar ^a,b   Özener, Çetin ^a   Akoglu, Emel ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PK 81   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Gram negative bacteria; LAL; Limulus amoebocyte lysate; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EFFLUENT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0035024944     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080102100208     Document Type: Article

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