Fungal peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients: Is previous antibiotic therapy an essential condition?

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-81

  Guimarães Rosa, Nuno ^a   Silva, Sónia ^b   Lopes, José António ^b   Branco, Patrícia ^b   De Almeida, Edgar ^b   Ribeiro, Carlos ^b   Abreu, Fernando ^b   Barbas, José ^b   Martins Prata, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DO FUNCHAL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fungal peritonitis; Peritoneal dialysis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANDIDA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; RISK FACTORS;

CANDIDA;

EID: 33845979463     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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