The risk factors and outcome of fungal peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-61

  Indhumathi, E ^a   Chandrasekaran, V ^a   Jagadeswaran, D ^a   Varadarajan, M ^a   Abraham, G ^a   Soundararajan, P ^a  

^a Sri Ramachandra University   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy and catheter removal; Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; Fungal peritonitis; Prior antibiotic usage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACREMONIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER REMOVAL; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL PERITONITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENICILLIUM; PERITONITIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 59049095548     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0255-0857(21)01757-6     Document Type: Article

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