Pantoea agglomerans: An unusual inciting agent in peritonitis

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-430

  Ferrantino, Matthew ^a   Navaneethan, S D ^a   Sloand, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INTESTINE SOUND; LETTER; MALE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 48749087665     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080802800427     Document Type: Letter

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