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First Report of Laribacter hongkongensis Peritonitis in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Patrick C Y Woo1, Rosana W S Poon2, Chuen-Hing Foo2

  • 1Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong skplau@hku.hk pcywoo@hku.hk.

Peritoneal Dialysis International : Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
|February 4, 2016
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Peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients is usually caused by gram-positive bacteria. This study reports the first known case of CAPD-related peritonitis caused by the bacterium Laribacter hongkongensis.

Area of Science:

  • Microbiology
  • Nephrology
  • Infectious Diseases

Background:

  • Gram-positive bacteria are the most frequent cause of peritonitis in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), accounting for 60-80% of cases.
  • Advances in molecular identification techniques have revealed previously unrecognized bacterial causes of CAPD-related peritonitis.
  • Laribacter hongkongensis is a bacterium not previously associated with this condition.
Keywords:
CAPDLaribacter hongkongensisperitonitis

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