Trichosporon asahii following polymicrobial infection in peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-101

  Jian, D Y ^a   Yang, W C ^a,b   Chen, T W ^c   Lin, C C ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRICHOSPORON;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS; RECURRENCE; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 42449094685     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080802800119     Document Type: Letter

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