Gemella morbillorum peritonitis in a patient being treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis [9]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 853-854

  Azap, Özlem Kurt ^a   Yapar, Göknur ^a   Timurkaynak, Funda ^a   Arslan, Hande ^a   Sezer, Siren ^a   Özdemir, Nurhan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DIANEAL; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; EFFLUENT; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 17144371006     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh721     Document Type: Letter

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