When Love Hurts, It Leaves No Options! An Unusual Case of Pasteurella Peritoneal Dialysis Peritonitis Causing Severe Intra-abdominal Adhesions Preventing a Future Peritoneal Dialysis Option

Dumor, K.; Malhotra, K.

Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis. Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis 34(2018): 50-52

2018


ISSN/ISBN: 1197-8554
PMID: 30480538
Document Number: 695229
A 67-year-old white man with a history of end-stage renal disease receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) presented with acute onset of vomiting, chills, and abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with PD-associated peritonitis secondary to Pasteurella. After failure of 3 weeks of antibiotic treatment, catheter loss occurred. On follow-up, the patient was found to have extensive intra-abdominal adhesions precluding placement of a new PD catheter.

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