Tuberculous peritonitis in different dialysis patients in southern Taiwan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 532-535

  Hung, Yao Min ^a,b   Chan, Hoi Hung ^a   Chung, Hsiao Min ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; UREMIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 2442681672     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.532     Document Type: Article

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