Peritonitis from Leclercia adecarboxylata: An emerging pathogen.

Sreedhar R Adapa Venu Madhav KonalaFaiza NawazTariq JavedHemant DhingraIrene A GutierrezMagda L Ramirez

Published in: Clinical case reports (2019)

Leclercia adecarboxylata can be misidentified as Escherichia coli, due to similar biochemical properties. Automated identification systems and mass spectrometry play a very critical role in isolating atypical organisms like L adecarboxylata. General guidelines recommend treating L adecarboxylata peritonitis for 3 weeks without removal of peritoneal dialysis catheter.

Keyphrases

peritoneal dialysis
end stage renal disease
escherichia coli
mass spectrometry
chronic kidney disease
machine learning
liquid chromatography
deep learning
clinical practice
candida albicans
gram negative
pseudomonas aeruginosa
cystic fibrosis