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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 933-935, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.933-935.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Two Cases of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis Due to Plesiomonas shigelloides

Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Samson S. Y. Wong, and Kwok-yung Yuen*

Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Received 25 August 2003/ Returned for modification 10 October 2003/ Accepted 24 October 2003

We describe herein the first two cases of Plesiomonas shigelloides continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis. Both patients presented with abdominal pain and turbid dialysis effluent with or without fever. Both recovered after 10 days of intraperitoneal administration of cefazolin and tobramycin. The route of transmission may have been direct contamination of the connection device or bacterial translocation through the gastrointestinal tract.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Rm. 423, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Phone: (852) 2855-4892. Fax: (852) 2855-1241. E-mail: hkumicro{at}hkucc.hku.hk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 933-935, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.933-935.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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