Peritonitis due to Rhizobium radiobacter

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Autor(a) principal: Marta,Raquel
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Dâmaso,Catarina, Silva,José Esteves da, Almeida,Margarida
Tipo de documento: Relatório
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Einstein (São Paulo)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082011000300389
Resumo: ABSTRACT Rhizobium radiobacter (Agrobacterium radiobacter) is an aerobic Gram-negative rod belonging to Agrobacterium genus, a group of phytopathogenic bacteria present in the soil that has been implicated in human opportunistic infections. We report a clinical case of bacterial peritonitis in a 5-year-old child with chronic renal disease in peritoneal dialysis, who had a history of direct soil contact identified. The infection was treated with ceftazidime and piperaciline+tazobactam without relapses or the need to remove the peritoneal dialysis catheter.