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Recurrent abdominal pain caused by a toothpick in a CAPD patient
P S König1, F Kronenberg, M Joannidis
1Department of Clinical Nephrology, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Abstract:
A 27-year-old patient on CAPD presented with febrile illness and abdominal pain suggestive of peritonitis. Dialysis fluid culture yielded Enterococcus. Response to treatment was slow, with pain persisting. Laparotomy revealed a toothpick, which was causing peritoneal irritation. It was unclear how the foreign object entered the peritoneum.