title: Peritonitis due to Brevibacterium otitidis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: Brevibacterium otitidis is a coryneform rod and, as far as is known, is isolated only from infected ears. We report the first known case of peritonitis caused by B. otitidis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Bosterhaut
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Avesani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cuvelier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charlier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delmée
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology*