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Mycobacterium heckeshornense peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient: a case report and review of the literature |
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| Authors: | W.W. Chan M.C. Murray P. Tang M.G. Romney |
| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada;2. Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;3. British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada;4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;5. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St Paul''s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Abstract: | We report the first case of peritonitis attributed to Mycobacterium heckeshornense. This is a rare, non-tuberculous mycobacterium that has been reported as an aetiological agent in a growing number and widening spectrum of infections. |
| Keywords: | Dialysis heckeshornense mycobacterium non-tuberculous peritonitis |
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