Nocardia peritonitis and abdominal abscess complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 263-265

  Dwyer, Karen M ^a   Daffy, John R ^a   Murphy, Brendan F ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; Intra abdominal abscess; Nocardia nova; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 28644441723     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1797.2001.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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