title: Recurrent chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated infection due to rothia dentocariosa.
abstract: Rothia dentocariosa is a commensal organism of the human oropharynx. Clinical infection due to this organism is rare. A case of recurrent peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by R dentocariosa and a review of the literature is reported. Isolation of R dentocariosa from dialysate fluid should not be dismissed as a contaminant. Although there are no interpretive criteria for antimicrobial susceptibility testing, R dentocariosa appears to be susceptible to a variety of antibiotics including beta-lactams, vancomycin and aminoglycosides. Optimal therapy of peritoneal dialysis peritonitis caused by this organism may also require removal of the catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario;
authors.forename: Shaun K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Shudeshna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nag
authors.forename: Kathryn N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: A Evans