First Reported Case of Dialysis-Related Peritonitis Due to <i>Escherichia vulneris</i>

Sanjaya Senanayake, Assad A Jadeer, Girish Talaulikar, Jhumur Roy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2006 · 17 citations · 6 references

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Escherichia vulneris is a recently identified environmental organism that can colonize humans and animals. To date, very few infections with E. vulneris have been reported. This is the first reported case of peritonitis due to E. vulneris in the setting of peritoneal dialysis.

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