An uncommon case of peritonitis: Appendicitis should not be overlooked

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-310

  Mihout, Fabrice ^a   de Sainte Foy, Célia Lessoré ^a   Vrigneaud, Laurence ^a   Wallet, Frédéric ^a   Pagniez, Dominique ^a   Boulanger, Eric ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EFFLUENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 34447328408     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080702700317     Document Type: Article

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