Peritonitis due to Leuconostoc species in a child receiving peritoneal dialysis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 966-968

  Gillespie, Robert S ^a,b   Symons, Jordan M ^a,b   McDonald, Ruth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leuconostoc; Peritoneal dialysis; Peritonitis; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDWELLING CATHETER; LEUCONOSTOC; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUCONOSTOC; PENICILLINS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0036956609     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-002-0967-2     Document Type: Article

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