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Flavimonas oryzihabitans (Pseudomonas oryzihabitans; CDC group Ve-2): an emerging pathogen in peritonitis related to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis?

Justin Bendig, Penelope Mayes, D. E. EYERS, B. Holmes, Tracy Chin

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A case of peritonitis caused by Flavimonas oryzihabitans (Pseudomonas oryzihabitans; CDC group VE-2) in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is reported. This is the seventh case of infection caused by this organism reported in the English literature and the third reported case of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by this organism; it is the first case of infection of any kind caused by this organism in England.

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Key concepts: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, Peritonitis, Peritoneal dialysis, Organism, Opportunistic pathogen, Ambulatory, Microbiology, Biology