Abstract
In some patients with peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), a causative organism is never identified. We report a case of Ureaplasma urealyticum CAPD-associated peritonitis diagnosed by 16S rRNA gene PCR. Ureaplasma may be an underrecognized cause of peritonitis because it cannot be recovered using routine culture methods.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4310-4312 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2010 |
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