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. 1980 May;11(5):492–495. doi: 10.1128/jcm.11.5.492-495.1980

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to a group IIk-2 strain.

V K Dhawan, K R Rajashekaraiah, W I Metzger, T W Rice, C A Kallick
PMCID: PMC273439  PMID: 7381015

Abstract

This paper describes a patient with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by a group IIk-2 strain. No other organism was isolated from the peritoneal fluid cultured aerobically and anaerobically.

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