A novel agent of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: Granulicatella adlacens

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-97

  Altay, Mustafa ^a   Akay, H ^a   Yildiz, E ^a   Duranay, M ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INFUSION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFAZOLIN; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 42449147579     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080802800116     Document Type: Letter

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