Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis
Klebsiella variicola is part of the K. pneumoniae complex and has been recently identified to have pathogenic properties. Emerging reports show that it can cause bloodstream, respiratory and urinary tract infections. It has been shown to be an important causative agent in immunocompromised individua...
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| author | Arimuthu, Durga Arinandini Fuah, Kar Wah Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong |
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| description | Klebsiella variicola is part of the K. pneumoniae complex and has been recently identified to have pathogenic properties. Emerging reports show that it can cause bloodstream, respiratory and urinary tract infections. It has been shown to be an important causative agent in immunocompromised individuals. We report here three cases of K. variicola peritonitis encountered in our peritoneal dialysis patients. |
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| spelling | upm-1190682025-08-05T08:56:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119068/ Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis Arimuthu, Durga Arinandini Fuah, Kar Wah Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong Klebsiella variicola is part of the K. pneumoniae complex and has been recently identified to have pathogenic properties. Emerging reports show that it can cause bloodstream, respiratory and urinary tract infections. It has been shown to be an important causative agent in immunocompromised individuals. We report here three cases of K. variicola peritonitis encountered in our peritoneal dialysis patients. BMJ Publishing Group 2024-11-07 Article PeerReviewed Arimuthu, Durga Arinandini and Fuah, Kar Wah and Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong (2024) Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis. BMJ Case Reports, 17 (11). art. no. e262696. ISSN 1757-790X https://casereports.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bcr-2024-262696 10.1136/bcr-2024-262696 |
| spellingShingle | Arimuthu, Durga Arinandini Fuah, Kar Wah Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis |
| title | Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis |
| title_full | Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis |
| title_fullStr | Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis |
| title_short | Clinical course of Klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis |
| title_sort | clinical course of klebsiella variicola peritonitis in end-stage kidney disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis |
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