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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2000, p. 4292-4293, Vol. 38, No. 11
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Peritonitis Due to Brevibacterium otitidis in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Georges Wauters,1,* Bernard Van Bosterhaut,2 Véronique Avesani,1 René Cuvelier,2 Jacqueline Charlier,1 Michèle Janssens,1 and Michel Delmée1

Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels,1 and Centre Hospitalier de Mouscron, 7700 Mouscron,2 Belgium

Received 23 May 2000/Returned for modification 25 July 2000/Accepted 22 August 2000

Brevibacterium otitidis is a coryneform rod and, as far as is known, is isolated only from infected ears. We report the first known case of peritonitis caused by B. otitidis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Louvain, Microbiology Unit, UCL/5490, Ave. Hippocrate 54, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. Phone: 32(0)2 7645490. Fax: 32(0)2 7649440. E-mail: wauters{at}mblg.ucl.ac.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2000, p. 4292-4293, Vol. 38, No. 11
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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