Peritonitis due to Curvularia inaequalis in an elderly patient undergoing peritoneal dialysis and a review of six cases of peritonitis associated with other Curvularia spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4288-4292

  Pimentel, Jason D ^a,e   Mahadevan, Kumar ^b   Woodgyer, Alan ^c   Sigler, Lynne ^d   Gibas, Connie ^d   Harris, Owen C ^a   Lupino, Michael ^a   Athan, Eugene ^b  

^a Pathcare Consulting Pathologists   (Australia)

^b University of Melbourne ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURVULARIA; CURVULARIA INAEQUALIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AGED; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS;

CURVULARIA; CURVULARIA INAEQUALIS;

EID: 23744481924     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4288-4292.2005     Document Type: Article

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