Campylobacter fetus Peritonitis in a Patient with Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis: A First Case Report in Korea.

Author: Kyuhwa HUR ¹ ; Eunyoung LEE ; Jongmyeong KANG ; Yangsoon LEE
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1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yangsoon@hanyang.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Campylobacter fetus; Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; Peritonitis; 16S rRNA
MeSH: Abortion, Spontaneous; Arthritis, Infectious; Campylobacter fetus*; Campylobacter*; Cellulitis; Endocarditis; Female; Fetus; Gastroenteritis; Genes, rRNA; Humans; Korea*; Meningitis; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory*; Peritonitis*; Pregnancy; Sepsis
From:Annals of Clinical Microbiology 2018;21(1):20-22
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Campylobacter fetus may cause infections such as septicemia, peritonitis, meningitis, endocarditis, septic arthritis, and cellulitis, increasing the risk of spontaneous abortion but decreasing the likelihood of gastroenteritis. We identified C. fetus from continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) fluid using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. It is significant that this is the first case report in Korea of CAPD peritonitis caused by C. fetus, which is known to be rare.