Acute Peritonitis Caused by Staphylococcus capitis in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient.
Acute peritonitis remains the most common complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD), with coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) reported to account for more than 25% of peritonitis episodes (1). Staphylococcus capitis is a gram-positive, catalase-positive CoNS that was originally identified as a commensal on the skin of the human scalp (2). Advancement of microbiological technologies for bacterial identification enables diagnosis of previously unknown causes of acute peritonitis. This is the first reported case of acute peritonitis in a PD patient caused by S. capitis.
Department of Nephrology Arterial Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb and University of Osijek, Kispaticeva, Croatia nina_basic@net.hr.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000074039:Staphylococcus capitis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D014640:Vancomycin
Acute peritonitis; Staphylococcus capitis; peritoneal dialysis