Annals of Clinical Microbiology, The official Journal of the Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology

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Weeks in Review

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Indexed in KCI, KoreaMed, Synapse, DOAJ
Open Access, Peer Reviewed
pISSN 2288-0585 eISSN 2288-6850
Case report

A Case Report of Mycobacterium abscessus Peritonitis in a Patient on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

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Seon Joo Kang1, Heungsoo Kim2, Kyoung Un Park3, Young Ae Lim1, Wee Gyo Lee1

Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine, 2Nephrology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

Corresponding to Wee Gyo Lee,, E-mail: weegyo@ajou.ac.kr

Ann Clin Microbiol 2013;16(2):101-104. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2013.16.2.101
Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.

Abstract

Mycobacterium is an uncommon cause of peritonitis in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD), and the incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) peritonitis is even rarer since the majority of mycobacterial peritonitis cases are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, NTM peritonitis has been known to result in a high mortality rate with delayed diagnosis and treatment. In this study, we report a case of Mycobacterium abscessus peritonitis in a 52- year-old male under continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). (Ann Clin Microbiol 2013;16:101-104)

Keywords

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, Nontuberculous mycobacterium, Peritonitis