Mycobacterium fortuitum Peritonitis in a Patient on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD): A Case Report

Mycobacterium fortuitum Peritonitis in a Patient on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD): A Case Report

Mycobacterium fortuitum, an environmental organism, is capable of producing a variety of clinical infections such as cutaneous infections, abscesses and nosocomial infections. Rarely, it has been a documented as a cause of peritonitis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis...

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Main Authors: Jyoti Sangwan, Sumit Lathwal, Satish Kumar, Deepak Juyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
acid fast bacilli
dialysate culture
end-stage renal disease
mycobacterium fortuitum
peritonitis
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/3803/6771_E(C)_F(T)_PF1(PP)_PFA(H)-u.pdf

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