Peritoneal dialysis–related peritonitis with an unexpected micro-organism: enterococcus hirae
Dilek Barutcu Atas, Basar Aykent, Ebru Asicioglu, Hakki Arikan, Arzu Velioglu, Serhan Tuglular, Cetin Ozener
DOI: 10.5455/medscience.2016.05.8506 · Page: 120-1 · 37 Views · 0 Downloads · 0 Citations
Abstract
Abstract
Enterococcus Hirae is a gram-positive, facultative, anaerobic bacteria which is usually a zoonotic pathogen rarely isolated from human infections. There are no published reports describing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) related- peritonitis with Enterococus Hirae in the literature.
With the following report, we describe the case of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis due to Enterococcus Hirae.
Keywords : Enterococcus Hirae; peritonitis; peritoneal dialysis