Fatal Candida famata peritonitis complicating sclerosing peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient [16]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2036-2037

  Gupta, Ajay J ^a   Mi, Hua ^a   Wroe, Caroline ^a   Jaques, Brian ^a   Talbot, David ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; FLUCONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDA FAMATA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSING PERITONITIS;

ADULT; CANDIDA; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MYCOSES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS;

EID: 33745621299     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl040     Document Type: Letter

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