The clinical course of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by Corynebacterium species

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2793-2796

  Szeto, Cheuk Chun ^a   Chow, Kai Ming ^a   Chung, Kwok Yi ^a   Kwan, Bonnie Ching Har ^a   Leung, Chi Bon ^a   Li, Philip Kam Tao ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Peritoneal dialysis; Peritonitis; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27944438097     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi123     Document Type: Article

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