Peritonitis due to methylobacterium mesophilicum complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Jing J. Zhao; Teena Chopra; Luigino Bernabela; Sanjay G. Revankar

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Peritonitis due to methylobacterium mesophilicum complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Jing J. Zhao, Teena Chopra, Luigino Bernabela, Sanjay G. Revankar

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Abstract

Methylobacterium mesophilicum is being increasingly reported as a cause of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. We report 2 cases of peritonitis caused by M. mesophilicum in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	83-84
Number of pages	2
Journal	Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0b013e3181f5eac5
State	Published - Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Methylobacterium mesophilicum
peritoneal dialysis
peritonitis

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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