Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis due to Halomonas hamiltonii

Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis due to Halomonas hamiltonii

INTRODUCTION Halomonas hamiltonii is a Gram-negative, halophilic, motile, and nonspore-forming rod bacterium. Although most Halomonas sp. are commonly found in saline environments, it has rarely been implicated as a cause of human infection. Herein, the authors present a case report of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)-related peritonitis attributed to H hamiltonii. CASE PRESEN...

Peritoneal Dialysis–Related Peritonitis Due to Abiotrophia defectiva

BACKGROUND Abiotrophia defectiva is a fastidious aerobic gram-positive bacterium which is part of the normal flora of the human oral cavity. It is an unusual cause of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a man in his fifties with end-stage renal failure secondary to polycystic kidney disease who presented with a cloudy peritoneal fluid effluent and a...

Treatment of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis.

Early Onset Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis

Peritonitis is a serious and common complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD), representing the commonest cause of technique failure and a not infrequent cause of patient death. Early onset peritonitis, variously defined in the literature as peritonitis occurring within the first 3-20 months of PD, is increasingly being recognised as a discrete and important clinical problem with appreciably hei...

Predictor factors of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis.

INTRODUCTION Peritonitis remains a major complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). OBJECTIVE Evaluate peritonitis incidence, etiology and outcome in cronic PD patients. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was carried out on 330 patients (mean age of 53 ± 19 years) who had been treated by PD in a dialysis center in Aracaju/SE, Brazil between January 1st, 2003 and December 31th, 2007. Data o...