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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1999, p. 3733-3734, Vol. 37, No. 11
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Case of Peritonitis Caused by Ewingella americana in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Chryssa Kati,1,* Evangelia Bibashi,1 Elisabeth Kokolina,2 and Danai Sofianou1

Departments of Medical Microbiology1 and Nephrology,2 Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received 11 May 1999/Returned for modification 14 May 1999/Accepted 22 July 1999

Reports of serious infections caused by Ewingella americana have been rare. A case of E. americana peritonitis in a patient receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is described. This is the first report of E. americana causing such an infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Hippokration General Hospital, 49, Konstantinoupoleos str., GR 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece. Phone: 30-31-892051. Fax: 30-31-855955. E-mail: conman{at}spark.net.gr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1999, p. 3733-3734, Vol. 37, No. 11
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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