Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Tsukamurella inchonensis in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tsukamurella is an environmental saprophyte that potentially causes various infections in humans. It has been reported to cause rare opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients or patients with indwelling foreign bodies.

Case presentation

We report a case of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)-related peritonitis caused by Tsukamurella inchonensis (T. inchonensis). The patient was admitted to our hospital while demonstrating a cloudy peritoneal dialysate. Peritoneal fluid sample culturing yielded yellow-greyish, dry and membrane-like colonies. Gram staining showed straight, gram-positive rods. The organism was identified to be Tsukamurella species by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass

SUBMITTER: Tang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9113660 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature