title: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis due to Enterococcus cecorum.
abstract: Enterococcus cecorum was isolated as the etiologic agent of a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis episode in an alcoholic patient. To date, this is only the third infection due to this bacterium, found in the intestinal tract of many domestic animals, that has been reported in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University Hospital Ghent.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Baere
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Claeys
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verschraegen
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Devriese
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baele
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Vlem
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vanholder
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dequidt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaneechoutte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*