Bacillus circulans peritonitis in a patient treated with CAPD [2]

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 488-489

  Berry, Nidhika ^a   Hassan, I ^a   Majumdar, S ^a   Vardhan, A ^a   McEwen, A ^a   Gokal, R ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSATE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 7444252816     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080402400517     Document Type: Letter

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