Dilek Barutcu ATAS, Basar AYKENT, Ebru AŞICIOĞLU, Hakkı ARIKAN, Arzu VELIOGLU, Serhan TUĞLULAR, Çetin ÖZENER

Peritoneal dialysis–related peritonitis with an unexpected micro-organism: enterococcus hirae

ISSN: 2147-0634
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2012
Yayıncı: Effect Publishing Agency ( EPA )

Enterococcus Hirae is a gram-positive, facultative, anaerobic bacterium which is usually a zoonotic pathogen rarely isolated from human infections. There are no published reports describing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) related- peritonitis with Enterococcus Hirae in the literature. With the following report, we describe the case of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis due to Enterococcus Hirae

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