Exit site infection due to Zygomycosis resulting in abdominal wall necrosis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 266-267

  Ram, Rapur ^a   Swarnalatha, Guditi ^a   Prasad, Neela ^a   Dakshinamurty, Kaligotla Venkata ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; Exit site infection; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DIANEAL; LINDANE; LIQUID PARAFFIN; PERMETHRIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCABIES; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; TISSUE NECROSIS; URINE VOLUME; WOUND DRESSING; ZYGOMYCETES;

ABDOMEN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; NECROSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 33845970225     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl535     Document Type: Article

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