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Case Reports
. 2010 Nov;48(11):4310-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01045-10. Epub 2010 Aug 25.

Ureaplasma urealyticum continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis diagnosed by 16S rRNA gene PCR

Jessica E Yager  1 , Emily S Ford, Zachary P Boas, Leah A Haseley, Brad T Cookson, Dhruba J Sengupta, Ferric C Fang, Geoffrey S Gottlieb
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Ureaplasma urealyticum continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis diagnosed by 16S rRNA gene PCR

Jessica E Yager et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov.

Abstract

In some patients with peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), a causative organism is never identified. We report a case of Ureaplasma urealyticum CAPD-associated peritonitis diagnosed by 16S rRNA gene PCR. Ureaplasma may be an underrecognized cause of peritonitis because it cannot be recovered using routine culture methods.

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