Catheter removal for fungal peritonitis: Sooner or later?

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-133

  Lye, Wai Choong ^a  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FUNGAL PERITONITIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42349084498     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080802800206     Document Type: Note

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