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A 5 year old boy with end-stage renal disease presented with clinical and laboratory findings of peritonitis. Peritoneal fluid revealed infection with Leclercia adecarboxylata. This is a motile, gram-negative bacillus, formerly designated enteric group 41 and Escherichia adecarboxylata. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of peritonitis due to this organism.
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Received: 21 February 2000 / Revised: 22 May 2000 / Accepted: 24 May 2000
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Fattal, O., Deville, J. Leclercia adecarboxylata peritonitis in a child receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis. Pediatr Nephrol 15, 186–187 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670000436
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670000436