Agrobacterium radiobacter peritonitis in two patients maintained on chronic peritoneal dialysis.
We report two patients with end-stage renal disease maintained on chronic peritoneal dialysis who developed peritonitis in which the infecting organism was Agrobacterium radiobacter, normally a rare pathogen in humans. Both patients initially responded to antibiotics, but later relapsed and required catheter removal. Neither had been exposed to soil or plant material. A radiobacter is yet another of a growing list of unusual organisms that infect the peritoneal cavity of peritoneal dialysis patients.
Rodby
R A
RA
Division of Nephrology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL.
Glick
E J
EJ
D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012231:Rhizobium