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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3453-3455, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00967-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Peritonitis Due to Blastobotrys proliferans in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis{triangledown}

N. Quirin,1* M. Desnos-Ollivier,3 J. F. Cantin,1 J. C. Valery,1 Y. Doussy,1 R. Goursaud,2 F. Dromer,3 and J. M. Tivollier1

Service de Nephrologie, CHT de Nouvelle Caledonie, BP J5, 98849 Noumea,1 Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie, 98845 Noumea,2 Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA3012, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France3

Received 9 May 2007/ Returned for modification 12 July 2007/ Accepted 2 August 2007

Blastobotrys proliferans is an ascomycetous yeast never previously reported as a human pathogen. Here we report a case of peritonitis due to Blastobotrys proliferans in a 46-year-old man undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Nephrologie, CHT de Nouvelle Caledonie, BP J5, 98849 Noumea. Phone and fax: 687-25-67-41. E-mail: nquirin{at}mls.nc

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 15 August 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3453-3455, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00967-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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