Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Byeong Gwan Kim
• A Young Cho
• Sang Sun Kim
• Seong Hee Lee
• Hong Shik Shin
• Hyun Ju Yoon
• Jeong Gwan Kim
• In O Sun
• Kwang Young Lee

Titel

A case of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis by Rothia mucilaginosa

Ist Teil von

• Kidney research and clinical practice, 2015-09, Vol.34 (3), p.185-187

Ort / Verlag

대한신장학회

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Rothia muciliaginosa (R. mucilaginosa) is a facultative, Gram-positive coccus that is considered to be part of the normal flora of the mouth and respiratory tract. There are sporadic reports of the organism causing endocarditis in patients with heart valve abnormalities, as well as meningitis, septicemia, and pneumonia associated with intravenous drug abuse. However, it is an unusual pathogen in cases of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis. Although R. mucilaginosa is generally susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin, cefotaxime, imipenem, rifampicin, and glycopeptides, there are no guidelines for the treatment of PD-associated peritonitis. Herein, we report a case of PD-associated peritonitis due to R. mucilaginosa that was resolved with intraperitoneal antibiotic treatment.