title: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci peritonitis development after shifting from hemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: Although hemodialysis (HD) patients could develop vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection, limited studies of VRE-related peritoneal dialysis (PD) peritonitis have been reported. Here, we document a patient who developed peritonitis for the first time with VRE infection after shifting from HD to PD over 4 weeks. We suggest that physicians consider VRE a possible cause of PD peritonitis in patients who have recently shifted from HD to PD, especially in cases involving previous vancomycin exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chih-Chia
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Hung-Chieh
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Ya-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: I-Kuan
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hsin-Hung
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chiu-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance