A rare agent of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis : rhizobium radiobacter

Abstract EN

Peritonitis is a common clinical problem in patients treated by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

The most common microbiological factors causing peritonitis are Gram-positive (especially Staphylococcus spp.).

Peritonitis with Rhizobium radiobacter (Agrobacterium radiobacter) is a rare infection in CAPD patients.

Peritonitis due to R.

radiobacter has been reported in our patient’s dialysate culture who underwent CAPD for three years.

We report the case of a 26-year-old female PD patient who had CAPD peritonitis due to R.

radiobacter and successfully treated with intraperitoneal vancomycin and oral ciprofloxacin without relapses or removing the PD catheter.