Acute Peritonitis Caused by Propionibacterium Acnes in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient

Propionibacterium acnes is a gram-positive human skin commensal that is involved in the pathogenesis of acne and prefers anaerobic growth conditions. It has been considered as a low virulence pathogen in different clinical conditions. We present the case of acute peritonitis caused by Propionibacter...

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Main Authors: Basic-Jukic Nikolina, Furic-Cunko Vesna, Juric Ivana, Katalinic Lea, Rukavina Ana, Kocman Monika, Knezevic Tamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
Series:BANTAO Journal
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bj.2017.15.issue-1/bj-2017-0008/bj-2017-0008.xml?format=INT