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Gonçalo Calheiros Cruz1, Mariana Sousa1, Sara Vilela1
1Nephrology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
Abstract:
Lautropia mirabilis is a gram-negative coccoid bacterium isolated from oral and upper respiratory sites with unclear pathogenic potential. We present an exceedingly rare case of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis due to L. mirabilis in a patient with a recent history of periodontal infection, successfully treated with intraperitoneal antibiotics. We propose that clinicians consider this organism as a potential cause of illness.
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