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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar 18;7(4):829-831.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2094. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Peritonitis from Leclercia adecarboxylata: An emerging pathogen

Sreedhar Adapa  1 , Venu Madhav Konala  2 , Faiza Nawaz  3 , Tariq Javed  4 , Hemant Dhingra  1 , Irene A Gutierrez  3 , Magda L Ramirez  3
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Peritonitis from Leclercia adecarboxylata: An emerging pathogen

Sreedhar Adapa et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Leclercia adecarboxylata can be misidentified as Escherichia coli, due to similar biochemical properties. Automated identification systems and mass spectrometry play a very critical role in isolating atypical organisms like L adecarboxylata. General guidelines recommend treating L adecarboxylata peritonitis for 3 weeks without removal of peritoneal dialysis catheter.

Keywords: Leclercia adecarboxylata; infection; peritonitis.

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The authors declare no conflict of interests. Informed Consent: Both informed consent and written consent were obtained from the patient.

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