title: Mycoplasma edwardii peritonitis in a patient on maintenance peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: Mycoplasma edwardii (M. edwardii) is an anthropozoonotic microorganism found in the upper respiratory and urogenital tracts of dogs. M. edwardii was one of the microbes isolated from peritoneal fluid of a 10-year-old child diagnosed with polymicrobial peritonitis following a puncture of dialysis tubing by a pet dog. Other unique pathogens representative of canine oral microflora isolated from this patient on peritoneal dialysis were Kingella denitrificans, Actinomycetes species and Capnocytophaga cynodegmi.
authors.forename: Shwetal P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lalan
authors.forename: Bradley A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Warady
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blowey
authors.forename: Ken B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Waites
authors.forename: Rangaraj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selvarangan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004285:Dogs; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology