Capnocytophaga canimorsus peritonitis in a pediatric peritoneal dialysis patient.
Capnocytophaga canimorsus, a bacterium rarely encountered by clinicians, was responsible for the development of peritonitis in an 18-year-old white male on automated peritoneal dialysis following the puncture of his dialysis tubing by a domestic cat. Although more than 100 cases of septicemia caused by C. canimorsus have been reported, this is the first report of the organism causing peritonitis in a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis. Of interest, the patient had a prior episode of peritonitis secondary to Pasteurella multocida, also following transmission from the same cat.
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Section of Pediatric Nephrology, The Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA,
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002206:Capnocytophaga / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002415:Cats; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*