Early diagnosis of Exophiala CAPD peritonitis by 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing and its clinical significance

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-102

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Chiu, Siu Kau ^b   Leung, Kit Wah ^a   Yung, Raymond W H ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIALYSATE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXOPHIALA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONITIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EXOPHIALA;

EID: 0038172618     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00014-2     Document Type: Article

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