Fungal peritonitis due to: Scedosporium prolificans

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-215

  Jeong, J C ^a   Lee, H ^a   Lee, S W ^a   Park, J Y ^a   Ahn, S Y ^a   Park, H ^a   Kim, E C ^a   Park, S S ^a   Ahn, C ^a   Oh, K H ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; INDWELLING CATHETER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MYCOSES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054968258     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: 17184304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2009.00234     Document Type: Letter

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