Editor:Peritonitis because of Rhizobium radiobacter in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is rare. Earlier, Minguela et al. (1) and Rothe and Rothenpieler (2) reported 5 cases pertaining to this species, and nearly all patients required catheter removal. However, with an updated database search (1-3), we found a total of 14 cases, among- which 5 patients, including ours, achieved catheter rescue. In other words, 5 of 14 patients (35.7%) were able to keep their catheter. Here, we present the case involving our patient.
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