Acinetobacter junii causes refractory peritonitis in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis [5]

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-102

  Borras M ^a   Moreno, S ^a   Garcia, M ^a   Martin M L ^a   Manonelle, A ^a   Fernandez E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RNA 16S; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33947161928     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080702700126     Document Type: Letter

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