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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2000, p. 3511-3512, Vol. 38, No. 9
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Peritonitis due to Enterococcus cecorum

Thierry De Baere,1 Geert Claeys,1 Gerda Verschraegen,1 Luc A. Devriese,2 Margo Baele,2 Bruno Van Vlem,3 Raymond Vanholder,3 Clement Dequidt,3 and Mario Vaneechoutte1,*

Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University Hospital Ghent,1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,2 and Department of Nephrology, University Hospital,3 University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Received 14 March 2000/Returned for modification 11 May 2000/Accepted 1 July 2000

Enterococcus cecorum was isolated as the etiologic agent of a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis episode in an alcoholic patient. To date, this is only the third infection due to this bacterium, found in the intestinal tract of many domestic animals, that has been reported in humans.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory Bacteriology & Virology, Blok A, University Hospital Ghent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Phone: 32 9 2403692. Fax: 32 9 2403659. E-mail: Mario.Vaneechoutte{at}rug.ac.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2000, p. 3511-3512, Vol. 38, No. 9
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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