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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Peritonitis with Listeria monocytogenes in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis
  1. Hanna Bjarkhamar Poulsen1,
  2. Torkil á Steig1,
  3. Jonas T. Björkman2,
  4. Shahin Gaini1,3
  1. 1Medical Department, National Hospital in the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
  2. 2Statens Serum Institut Mikrobiologisk Diagnostik og Virologi, Kobenhavn, Hovedstaden, Denmark
  3. 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense Universitetshospital, Odense, Denmark
  1. Correspondence to Ms Hanna Bjarkhamar Poulsen, Hanna.poulsen{at}rn.dk

Summary

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.

  • dialysis
  • foodborne Infections

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-220088

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors HBP was involved in planning and was the lead author of the manuscript. SG was involved in planning and critical revision. TáS was involved in treating the patient and contributing details to the manuscript. JTB was involved in analysing and commenting on the results from our Listeria monocytogenes isolate.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.