Unusual causes of peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient: Alcaligenes faecalis and Pantoea agglomerans
Open Access
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
- Vol. 10 (1) , 12
Abstract
An 87 -year-old female who was undergoing peritoneal dialysis presented with peritonitis caused by Alcaligenes faecalis and Pantoea agglomerans in consecutive years. With the following report we discuss the importance of these unusual microorganisms in peritoneal dialysis patients.Keywords
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