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Nephrology 19 (2014) 116–118
Correspondence THE FIRST CASE OF PARACOCCUS YEEII SPECIES INFECTION IN AUSTRALIA CAUSING PERITONITIS IN AN APD PATIENT Dharmenaan Palamuthusingam1 and Ken-Soon Tan2, 1Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, and 2Department of Nephrology, Logan Hospital, Logan, Queensland, Australia In Australia, 23.3% of cases of Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) peritonitis are due to non-pseudomonas gram-negative organisms.1 A 72 male of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) descent, presented with a 24-h history of sudden-onset sharp abdominal pain. He was on Automated PD for end-stage renal failure related to diabetes and hypertensive disease. On examination, he was afebrile and his haemodynamic parameters were within normal limit. His abdomen was diffusely tender to palpation but there was no rebound tenderness and bowel sounds were present. The PD fluid was cloudy. And subsequent microscopy showed 350 × 106 (
Nephrology 19 (2014) 116–118
Correspondence THE FIRST CASE OF PARACOCCUS YEEII SPECIES INFECTION IN AUSTRALIA CAUSING PERITONITIS IN AN APD PATIENT Dharmenaan Palamuthusingam1 and Ken-Soon Tan2, 1Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, and 2Department of Nephrology, Logan Hospital, Logan, Queensland, Australia In Australia, 23.3% of cases of Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) peritonitis are due to non-pseudomonas gram-negative organisms.1 A 72 male of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) descent, presented with a 24-h history of sudden-onset sharp abdominal pain. He was on Automated PD for end-stage renal failure related to diabetes and hypertensive disease. On examination, he was afebrile and his haemodynamic parameters were within normal limit. His abdomen was diffusely tender to palpation but there was no rebound tenderness and bowel sounds were present. The PD fluid was cloudy. And subsequent microscopy showed 350 × 106 (
