Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis Associated with Lancefield Group G Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus: Report of Two Cases Requiring Tenckhoff Catheter Removal

We describe the first two cases of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis associated with Lancefield group G beta-hemolytic streptococci in the literature. Both patients presented with abdominal pain and turbid dialysis effluent with or without fever. Both had concomitant gast...

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Main Authors: Woo, Patrick C. Y., Wong, Samson S. Y., Lau, Susanna K. P., Yuen, Kwok-yung
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC516317/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15365055
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.9.4399-4402.2004
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