Aureobasidium pullulans peritonitis: Case report and review of the literature

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 679-681

  Mise, N ^a   Ono, Y ^a   Kurita, N ^a   Sai, K ^a   Nishi, T ^a   Tagawa, H ^a   Sugimoto, T ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; COLOR; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIALYSATE; DRUG FEVER; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FUNGAL PERITONITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HOME; HUMAN; HYGIENE; JAPANESE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; DRUG COMBINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS;

EID: 60249098454     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080802800626     Document Type: Letter

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