Peritonitis with Listeria monocytogenes in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis

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...

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Published in:BMJ Case Reports
Main Authors: Poulsen, Hanna Bjarkhamar, á Steig, Torkil, Björkman, Jonas T., Gaini, Shahin
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Subjects:
Rare Disease
Faroe Islands
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5775769/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29298783
https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-220088
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Summary: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.

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