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. 1985 May;21(5):838–839. doi: 10.1128/jcm.21.5.838-839.1985

Unusual bacterium, group Ve-2, causing peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

M R Silver, T P Felegie, M I Sorkin
PMCID: PMC271793  PMID: 3998117

Abstract

We report a case of peritonitis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient with an unusual bacterium known as group Ve-2. This is the first reported case of peritonitis attributable to this organism and only the second well-documented case of infection with this organism in the English literature.

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