title: Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis: common presentation by an uncommon organism.
abstract: Peritonitis remains a leading complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). About 18% of the infection-related mortality in PD patients is a result of peritonitis. We present a case of peritonitis in a patient on automated PD in whom the infection was not related to a break in PD technique, but to an unusual cause: retrograde transmission of a gonococcal organism.
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kolar
authors.forename: Prasad
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bichu
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khanna
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult