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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4399-4402, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4399-4402.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis Associated with Lancefield Group G Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus: Report of Two Cases Requiring Tenckhoff Catheter Removal

Patrick C. Y. Woo, Samson S. Y. Wong, Susanna K. P. Lau, and Kwok-yung Yuen*

Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Received 4 March 2004/ Returned for modification 7 May 2004/ Accepted 27 May 2004

We describe the first two cases of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis associated with Lancefield group G beta-hemolytic streptococci in the literature. Both patients presented with abdominal pain and turbid dialysis effluent with or without fever. Both had concomitant gastrointestinal tract disturbance. Both did not respond to intraperitoneal cefazolin and tobramycin and required removal of the Tenckhoff catheters.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Phone: (852) 28554892. Fax: (852) 28551241. E-mail: hkumicro{at}hkucc.hku.hk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4399-4402, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4399-4402.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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