title: Recurrent bacterial peritonitis caused by Neisseria cinerea in a chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Samuel S. Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: DeBin
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Preston
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Haqqie
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial