Successful treatment of Mycobacterium gordonae exit-site and tunnel infection by partial catheter reimplantation of the Tenckhoff catheter

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-370

  Hirohama, D ^a   Ishibashi, Y ^a   Kawarazaki, H ^a   Kume, H ^a   Fujita, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXIT SITE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; PARTIAL CATHETER REIMPLANTATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPURATION; TENCKHOFF CATHETER; TUNNEL INFECTION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 84856191103     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: 17184304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2010.00222     Document Type: Article

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