Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Jan 2018)

Suttonella indologenes peritonitis in a patient receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

  • Nurhayat Ozkan Sevencan,
  • Serkan Bakirdogen,
  • Adem Adar,
  • Burcak Kayhan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-2442.225200
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 1
pp. 189 – 192

Abstract

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Suttonella indologenes is a Gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillus of Cardiobacteriaceae family and its natural habitat is the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory system. The literature includes limited number of case reports concerning fatal endocarditis due to infection in the prosthetic heart valves caused by the aforementioned microorganism. However, there is no information on extracardiac involvement due to this microorganism. Here, we present a peritonitis case caused by Suttonella indologenes in a patient receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.