Peritonitis due to Burkholderia gladioli

YanQing Tong; LiLi Dou; ChuFeng Wang

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.06.010

Peritonitis due to Burkholderia gladioli

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Oct;77(2):174-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.06.010. Epub 2013 Jul 23.

Authors

YanQing Tong¹, LiLi Dou, ChuFeng Wang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nephrology, The First Affilliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China. Electronic address: tyq1229@yahoo.com.cn.

PMID: 23886791
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.06.010

Abstract

We report a case of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)-related peritonitis. Burkholderia gladioli, as a plant pathogen, were cultured from peritoneal effluent. Peritonitis healed after intraperitoneal cefazolin and gentamicin. This case indicated that CAPD effluent may be contaminated by B. gladioli, causing CAPD-related peritonitis. On the other hand, it can be successfully treated with intraperitoneal antimicrobials without removal of the Tenckhoff catheter.

Keywords: Burkholderia gladioli; Catheter; Peritoneal dialysis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Burkholderia Infections / pathology*
Burkholderia gladioli / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / adverse effects
Peritonitis / microbiology*