A Case of Peritonitis Due to Rothia Mucilaginosa

摘要

A 49-year-old African-American male with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) presented with cloudy effluent from his peritoneal dialysis. He had ESRD secondary to hypertensive nephrosclerosis and had been treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for about 3V2 years. He had no peritonitis for the first ZVz years on dialysis. One year prior to the current episode, he had peritonitis caused by Klebsiella oxytoca (methicillin-sen-sitive Staphylococcus aureus was also cultured but was felt to be a contaminant). In his second episode, Micrococcus sp was cultured. The third episode was culture negative.