Acute Peritonitis Caused by Staphylococcus capitis in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient. Issue 1 (January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Basic-Jukic, Nikolina
• Is Part Of: Peritoneal dialysis international. Volume 37:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 115
• Page End: 116
• Publication Date: 2017-01
• Subjects: Acute peritonitis -- peritoneal dialysis -- Staphylococcus capitis.; Peritoneal dialysis -- Periodicals; Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis -- Periodicals; 617.461059
• DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2016.00083
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0896-8608

Abstract

Acute peritonitis remains the most common complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD), with coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) reported to account for more than 25% of peritonitis episodes (1 ). Staphylococcus capitis is a gram-positive, catalase-positive CoNS that was originally identified as a commensal on the skin of the human scalp (2 ). Advancement of microbiological technologies for bacterial identification enables diagnosis of previously unknown causes of acute peritonitis. This is the first reported case of acute peritonitis in a PD patient caused by S. capitis.