Peritonitis due to Brevibacterium otitidis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
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.
Wauters
G
G
Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
Van Bosterhaut
B
B
Avesani
V
V
Cuvelier
R
R
Charlier
J
J
Janssens
M
M
Delmée
M
M
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*