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Case Reports
. 2000 Sep;38(9):3511-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.9.3511-3512.2000.

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis due to Enterococcus cecorum

T De Baere  1 , G Claeys, G Verschraegen, L A Devriese, M Baele, B Van Vlem, R Vanholder, C Dequidt, M Vaneechoutte
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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis due to Enterococcus cecorum

T De Baere et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Sep.

Abstract

Enterococcus cecorum was isolated as the etiologic agent of a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis episode in an alcoholic patient. To date, this is only the third infection due to this bacterium, found in the intestinal tract of many domestic animals, that has been reported in humans.

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