Recurrent bacterial peritonitis caused by Neisseria cinerea in a chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patient.
We present an unusual case of recurrent (chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis) CAPD-associated peritonitis caused by Neisseria cinerea. Using DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, we determined that the recurrent infection was caused by reinfection with a different N. cinerea strain rather than relapse with the index strain and that the probable origin of the reinfecting organism was the patient's upper respiratory tract.
George
M J
MJ
Microbiology Laboratory, Samuel S. Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, New York, USA.
DeBin
J A
JA
Preston
K E
KE
Chiu
C
C
Haqqie
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D000328:Adult; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009343:Neisseria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012008:Recurrence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000635:transmission
D004269:DNA, Bacterial