Peritonitis with Listeria monocytogenesin a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis

• Published in: BMJ Case Reports
• Main Authors: Poulsen, Hanna Bjarkhamar, á Steig, Torkil, Björkman, Jonas T., Gaini, Shahin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ 2018
• Subjects: Faroe Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-220088; https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1136/bcr-2017-220088

We present a case where Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a was determined to be the causative agent of peritonitis in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis. The patient, a 53-year-old Caucasian woman from the Faroe Islands was admitted to the National Hospital reporting of constant abdominal pain and a fever. Peritoneal cultures were positive for growth of L. monocytogenes. The patient was successfully treated with oral amoxicillin for 2 weeks and intraperitoneal vancomycin for 3 weeks. To date, the patient has not been readmitted due to peritonitis. The Faroese salmon was the suspected source of infection with L. monocytogenes .