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Peritonitis associated with a CDC group EO-3 organism
D Daley1, S Neville, K Kociuba
1Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, South Western Area Pathology Service, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. Denise.Daley@swsahs.nsw.gov.au
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|December 17, 1997
Abstract:
A 63-year-old female with chronic renal failure on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis developed chronic peritonitis. A CDC group EO-3 organism was isolated from the peritoneal dialysis fluid on five occasions over a period of 4 months. This is the first reported isolation of this organism in which it is associated with a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.