The spectrum of bacterial peritonitis in CAPD patients in a developing country: Is it different?

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 400-402

  Prasad, Narayan ^a   Gupta, Amit ^a   Sharma, Raj Kumar ^a   Prasad, Kashi Nath ^a   Gulati, Samjeev ^a   Sharma, Ajay Prakash ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042921523     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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