A peritoneal dialysis patient with fatal culture-negative peritonitis

Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-55

  Johnson, David W ^a,c   Gray, Nick ^b   Snelling, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Bacterial infections; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycoses; Peritoneal dialysis; Peritoneal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIALYSATE LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MICROORGANISM; MYCOBACTERIUM; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS;

EID: 0037324528     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1797.2003.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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