Lactobacillus peritonitis: A rare cause of peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients

Renal Failure

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-423

  Lee, Shen Yang ^a   Chang, Chiz Tzung ^a   Lee, Ming Hsun ^a   Wu, Mai Szu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hollow organ perforation; Lactobacillus peritonitis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLADDER PERFORATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; STOMACH PERFORATION; TAIWAN;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4444283120     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-120039827     Document Type: Article

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