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Hanna Bjarkhamar Poulsen1, Torkil Á Steig1, Jonas T Björkman2
1Medical Department, National Hospital in the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Abstract:
We present a case where Listeria monocytogenesserotype 1/2a was determined to be the causative agent of peritonitis in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis. The patient, a 53-year-old Caucasian woman from the Faroe Islands was admitted to the National Hospital reporting of constant abdominal pain and a fever. Peritoneal cultures were positive for growth of L. monocytogenes. The patient was successfully treated with oral amoxicillin for 2 weeks and intraperitoneal vancomycin for 3 weeks. To date, the patient has not been readmitted due to peritonitis. The Faroese salmon was the suspected source of infection with L. monocytogenes.
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