Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report
Streptoccoccus plurianimalium is a rare pathogen that has recently made a crossover from its common host, animals to humans. As reports start to emerge from this pathogen, it has come to light that it can cause clinically significant infections in a broad spectrum of systems. However, the mode of...
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| description | Streptoccoccus plurianimalium is a rare pathogen that has recently made a crossover from its common host, animals
to humans. As reports start to emerge from this pathogen, it has come to light that it can cause clinically significant
infections in a broad spectrum of systems. However, the mode of transmission of this pathogen has not yet been fully
established. We report here a case of Streptoccoccus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous
ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in our centre. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of a Streptoccoccus plurianimalium peritonitis in an end-stage kidney disease patient. |
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| spelling | upm-903352021-09-09T23:35:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90335/ Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report Arimuthu, Durga Arinandini Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong Streptoccoccus plurianimalium is a rare pathogen that has recently made a crossover from its common host, animals to humans. As reports start to emerge from this pathogen, it has come to light that it can cause clinically significant infections in a broad spectrum of systems. However, the mode of transmission of this pathogen has not yet been fully established. We report here a case of Streptoccoccus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in our centre. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of a Streptoccoccus plurianimalium peritonitis in an end-stage kidney disease patient. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90335/1/51upm.pdf Arimuthu, Durga Arinandini and Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong (2020) Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 16 (4). pp. 388-390. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2020120211134752_MJMHS_0285.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arimuthu, Durga Arinandini Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report |
| title | Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report |
| title_full | Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report |
| title_short | Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report |
| title_sort | streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report |
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