First reported case of dialysis-related peritonitis due to Escherichia vulneris
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2006
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Senanayake, Sanjaya
Talaulikar, Girish
Jadeer, Asad
Roy, Jhumur
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American Society for Microbiology
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Escherichia vulneris is a recently identified environmental organism that can colonize humans and animals. To date, very few infections with E. vulneris have been reported. This is the first reported case of peritonitis due to E. vulneris in the setting of peritoneal dialysis.
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Keywords: ampicillin; C reactive protein; cefazolin; ciprofloxacin; gentamicin; hydroxyurea; vancomycin; abdominal pain; aged; article; case report; chronic kidney failure; continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; coughing; escherichia vulneris; female; human; my
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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