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Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis with an unexpected micro-organism: enterococcus hirae

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2017-01-01

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Enterococcus Hirae is a gram-positive, facultative, anaerobic bacterium which is usually a zoonotic pathogen rarely isolated from human infections. There are no published reports describing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) related- peritonitis with Enterococcus Hirae in the literature. With the following report, we describe the case of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis due to Enterococcus Hirae.

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Enterococcus hirae, peritonitis, peritoneal dialysis

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BARUTÇU ATAŞ D., AYKENT M. B., AŞICIOĞLU E., ARIKAN İ. H., VELİOĞLU A., TUĞLULAR Z. S., ÖZENER İ. Ç., "Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis with an unexpected micro-organism: enterococcus hirae", Medicine Science, cilt.6, sa.1, ss.120-121, 2017

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