Brevibacterium casei isolated as a cause of relapsing peritonitis

Mohammed Mahdi Althaf; Mohamed Said Abdelsalam; Mohammed Sunaid Alsunaid; Maged Hassan Hussein

doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-203611

Brevibacterium casei isolated as a cause of relapsing peritonitis

BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Mar 19:2014:bcr2014203611. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-203611.

Authors

Mohammed Mahdi Althaf¹, Mohamed Said Abdelsalam, Mohammed Sunaid Alsunaid, Maged Hassan Hussein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Ar-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

We report a case of relapsing peritonitis in a 33-year-old woman on automated peritoneal dialysis. End-stage renal disease was secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with lupus nephritis. The organism isolated was Brevibacterium casei that was not readily identified, delaying appropriate management with an extended antibiotic course. Definite management of B casei peritonitis was peritoneal dialysis catheter removal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections / complications
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology*
Adult
Brevibacterium / isolation & purification*
Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Lupus Nephritis / complications
Lupus Nephritis / therapy*
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / instrumentation*
Peritonitis / microbiology*
Recurrence