title: Mycobacterium fortuitum Peritonitis in a Patient on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD): A Case Report.
abstract: Mycobacterium fortuitum, an environmental organism, is capable of producing a variety of clinical infections such as cutaneous infections, abscesses and nosocomial infections. Rarely, it has been a documented as a cause of peritonitis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is one of the treatment options which are used for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Although peritonitis rates have declined in parallel with advances in peritoneal dialysis (PD) technology, peritonitis remains a leading complication of CAPD and it is the major cause for transfer to other methods of dialysis. We are reporting a case of M. fortuitum peritonitis in a patient who was undergoing CAPD, which was successfully treated. This case emphasizes the importance of mycobacterial cultures in patients with CAPD-associated peritonitis, whose routine cultures may yield no organisms.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, M.D, DNB, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Goverment, Medical Sciences & Research Institute , Srinagar Garhwal, PIN: 246174, Uttarakhand, India .
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sangwan
authors.affiliation: Deputy Assistant Director Health, Indian Armed Forces .
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lathwal
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College , Pune-40, India .
authors.forename: Satish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Senior Demonstrator, M.Sc Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Goverment, Medical Sciences & Research Institute , Srinagar Garhwal-246174, Uttarakhand, India .
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Juyal
keywords: Acid fast bacilli; Dialysate culture, End-stage renal disease; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Peritonitis