A Case of Rhizobium Radiobacter Peritonitis Cured without Removal of the PD Catheter in a Patient on CAPD.
- Author:
Kum Hyun HAN
1
;
Sang Youb HAN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Go-yang, Korea. khhan@medimail.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rhizobium radiobacter;
Peritoneal dialysis;
Peritonitis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Agrobacterium tumefaciens*;
Catheters*;
Ceftazidime;
Ciprofloxacin;
Foreign Bodies;
Humans;
Male;
Peritoneal Dialysis;
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory*;
Peritonitis*;
Recurrence;
Rhizobium*
- From:Korean Journal of Nephrology
2007;26(5):634-636
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Rhizobium radiobacter has been recognized as a rare pathogen affecting debilitated patients and usually associated with indwelling foreign body. Rhizobium radiobacter is a rare pathogen of peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis. It is assumed that a cure can hardly be expected without removal of a peritoneal dialysis catheter. We experienced a case of Rhizoboum radiobacter peritonitis in a patient on CAPD successfully cured without removal of the peritoneal dialysis catheter. The patient was 42-year-old male and maintained on CAPD for 2 months. He visited with cloudy peritoneal dialysate effluent and showed mild abdominal tenderness. 650 leucocytes/microL were counted and Rhizobium radiobacter was isolated in the peritoneal dialysate effluent. His peritonitis was completely resolved with 3 weeks course of intraperitoneal ceftazidime and oral ciprofloxacin. He has maintained on CAPD without recurrence of peritonitis for 12 months.
