Bacteroides peritonitis associated with colon cancer in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient. |
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| Authors: | S Nachimuthu E B Visconti J B Pannone G C Kaneb H Simonian Z Aung L Gopal |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, Lutheran Medical Center and State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Peritonitis is not an uncommon complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). We report a case of Bacteroides fragilis-induced bacterial peritonitis, probably due to clinically occult malignancy, in a 76-year-old woman on CAPD. |
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