title: Mycobacterium fortuitum peritonitis in a patient undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: Peritonitis, due to Mycobacterium fortuitum, developed in a 15-yr-old young man undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis. Although of low pathogenic potential, this rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium does cause human disease particularly in the compromised host and should be considered as a potential cause of peritonitis in the chronic peritoneal dialysis patient.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology